Entry № 7814 · Other origin

Yangzom Yangzom — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YAHNG-zom /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Lady of melody (Tibetan-Bhutanese + Yangzom Brauen actress-author)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Tibetan)

A name that means "lady of melody (tibetan-bhutanese + yangzom brauen actress-author)".

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.

Lady of melody (Tibetan). Foundational Tibetan-Bhutanese feminine + Yangzom Brauen foundational Tibetan-Swiss actress + author of Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey 2009 St. Martin's Press + foundational Tibetan diaspora memoir + Vajrayana Buddhist heritage.

The name in its native script.

ཡང་འཛོམས་
Transliteration
Yang-'dzoms
Pronunciation
/ ˈjɑːŋ.zɒm /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yangzom stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Yangzom · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Yangzoms before her.

Real people
Yangzom Brauen
Tibetan-Swiss actress + Across Many Mountains 2009.
born 1980
In fiction
Yangzom
Tibetan lady of melody.

Names connected to Yangzom.

The number behind Yangzom.

3

The Communicator

Yangzom reduces to three.

Why families chose this name.

"Tibetan Yangzom. Seven letters. Yangzom."
Tenzin · Mother of one · Dharamsala