Rinchen

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Tibetan

Meaning

a Tibetan name meaning precious, jewel, or treasure, from the Tibetan rin chen — a word of great spiritual resonance because in Tibetan Buddhism the Three Jewels — Triratna — are the Buddha, the Dharma teaching, and the Sangha community of practitioners, the most precious objects of refuge and devotion; giving a child the name Rinchen expresses the hope that the child will be a treasure to family and community and will possess the jewel-like qualities of wisdom and compassion; the name appears frequently in compound monastic and lay names throughout the Tibetan cultural world and is associated with numerous important teachers and scholars in the Vajrayana tradition

Gender

unisex

Also spelled

Rinzin