Nyima is from the Tibetan ཉི་མ (Nyi-ma) — sun. A modern American baby name in the broader Tibetan-Buddhist heritage aesthetic. Nyima is one of the foundational Tibetan names — central to Tibetan Buddhist solar symbolism and used widely across Tibetan, Bhutanese, Sherpa, Sikkimese, and Ladakhi communities. In Tibetan cosmology, the sun (nyi-ma) is one of the foundational seven jewels of royalty and a central element in Tibetan astrology + medicine. Notable bearer: Nyima Tsering — Tibetan-American activist and poet. Also a foundational element in Tibetan-Buddhist religious names — His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's sister Pema Gyalpo (1940-2014) was originally named Nyima Tsering at birth. Foundational Tibetan solar-day-of-week naming (children born on Sunday traditionally named Nyima).
Featured throughout Tibetan heritage.
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Nyima reduces to seven.