Rinchen, meaning "treasure", is a Tibetan name, used by speakers of various Tibetic languages. It is also used as a given name by Mongols, seen as early as the Yuan dynasty.[1] As a Mongolian name, it has various spellings such as Rinchin, Renchin, or Erinchin. People with Rinchen as one of their given names, or as a patronymic, include:

Rinchen
GenderUnisex
Language(s)Tibetan, Mongolian
Origin
Language(s)Tibetan
MeaningTreasure
Other names
Alternative spellingRinchin, Renchin, Erinchin
Tibetan name
Tibetanརིན་ཆེན
Wylierin chen
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicРинчен
Mongolian scriptᠷᠢᠨᠴᠢᠨ

Buddhist leaders and teachers

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Mongol nobility

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Other

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See also

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  • Renchinlkhümbe, a sum (district) in Khövsgöl, northern Mongolia
  • Rinchen Subtso, a lake in Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
  • Rinchenia, a genus of Dinosauria named after Rinchen Barsbold

References

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  1. ^ Kwanten, Luc (1971). "Tibetan names in the Yüan imperial family". The Mongolia Society Bulletin. 10 (1). JSTOR 43192959.