Yangzom is from the Tibetan ཡང་འཛོམས་ (Yang-'dzoms — melody collector, holder of harmony). A modern American baby name in the broader Tibetan-Bhutanese heritage aesthetic. Yangzom is one of the foundational Tibetan + Bhutanese feminine names — central to traditional Vajrayana Buddhist heritage. Notable bearer: Yangzom Brauen (born 1980) — foundational Tibetan-Swiss actress + author of foundational Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom (2009, St. Martin's Press) — a foundational memoir chronicling three generations of Tibetan women from her grandmother nun's escape over the Himalayas to her own life in Switzerland; Yangzom Tsering — foundational Tibetan filmmaker. Foundational Tibetan feminine name reflecting Tibetan diaspora + Vajrayana Buddhist heritage.
Featured throughout Tibetan heritage.
Yangzom reduces to three.