Sonam
Sonam is a given name commonly used in North Indian, Tibetan, Nepalese and Bhutanese cultures. It is a Tibetan name meaning "merit". Separately, it is also a name in various Indo-Aryan languages.
People with this name include:
Buddhism
- Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama
- Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama, first officially recognized Dalai Lama
- Sonam Lhundrup, great abbot of Mustang
- Sonam Rapten, senior official of the Gelugpa School
- Sonam Rinchen, Buddhist Geshe from Kham
- Jinpa Sonam, Indian Buddhist teacher from Ladakh, director of the Indiana Buddhist center
Entertainers
- Sonam , Indian actress
- Sonam Bajwa, Indian actress of Punjabi descent
- Sonam Bisht, Indian actress from Uttarakhand
- Sonam Kapoor, Indian film actress and fashion icon
- Sonam Kinga, Bhutanese actor
- Sonam Lamba, Indian actress from Chandigarh
- Sonam Lhamo, Bhutanese actress
- Sonam Mukherjee, Indian folk musician from Sikkim
- Soname Yangchen, Tibetan singer and songwriter
- Tenzing Sonam, Tibetan film director
Politics and government
- Sonom, king of the rGyalrong people in China
- Sonam Drakpa, regent of Central Tibet
- Sonam Gyatso Lepcha, Indian politician from Sikkim
- Sonam Lama, Indian politician from Sikkim
- Sonam Pelzom, Bhutanese politician
- Sonam Topgay Dorji, Bhutanese politician
- Sonam Topgyal, Kalön Tripa of the Central Tibetan Administration
- Sonam Tobgye, Bhutanese judge
- Sonam Venchungpa, Indian politician from Sikkim
- Sonam Wangchuk, Indian Army veteran from Ladakh
- Jalley Sonam, Indian politician and trade unionist from Arunachal Pradesh
Sport
- Sonam Bhutia, Indian footballer from Sikkim
- Sonam Chuki, Bhutanese archer
- Sonam Gyatso , Sikkimese mountaineer
- Sonam Tenzin, Bhutanese footballer
- Sonam Tobgay, Bhutanese cricketer and footballer
- Sonam Wangyal, Indian mountaineer from Sikkim known for scaling Mount Everest
- Sonam Yoezer, Bhutanese footballer
Other
- Sonam Dechen Wangchuck, princess of Bhutan
- Sonam Dolma Brauen,, Tibetan-Swiss painter
- Sonam Lotus, Indian meteorologist from Ladakh
- Sonam Wangchuk, Indian engineer from Ladakh