Pasang is from the Sherpa-Tibetan ཕུ་སྦྱར་ (pa sangs — Friday-born) — from the foundational Tibetan-Sherpa day-naming tradition where children are commonly named after their birth day-of-the-week. A modern American baby name in the broader Sherpa-Tibetan heritage aesthetic. Pasang is one of the foundational Sherpa + Tibetan + Bhutanese unisex names — central to traditional Vajrayana Buddhist + Himalayan Indigenous heritage. The foundational Tibetan-Sherpa day-name family: Dawa (Monday), Mingma (Tuesday), Lhakpa (Wednesday), Phurba (Thursday), Pasang (Friday), Pemba (Saturday), Nyima (Sunday). Notable bearer: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (1961-1993) — foundational Nepali Sherpa mountaineer + the foundational first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest (22 April 1993, age 32, died descent) + foundational national heroine of Nepal + Order of the Star of Nepal posthumously.
Featured throughout Sherpa heritage.
Pasang reduces to six.