Pema

Pema ( or ; ) is a Tibetan name meaning "lotus", which originated as a loanword from Sanskrit padma. People who have this name as one of their given names include:

Buddhist teachers and leaders

 * Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), Bhutanese saint
 * Pema Rigdzin, 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche (1625–1697), first Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet
 * Nyala Pema Dündul (1816–1872), teacher of Dzogchen and Tantric Buddhism in Eastern Tibet
 * Pema Trinle (1874–1950), teacher of the Sakya tradition
 * Gomchen Pema Chewang Tamang (1918–1966), Sikkimese Buddhist scholar
 * Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, 1936), American nun
 * Pema Tönyö Nyinje (born 1954), the 12th Tai Situpa
 * Jigmet Pema Wangchen (born 1963), the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa

Royalty

 * Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922), first queen consort of Bhutan
 * Pema Dechen (1918–1991), third queen consort of Bhutan
 * Jetsun Pema (born 1990), queen consort of Bhutan since 2011

Sportspeople

 * Pema Tshering (born 1951), Bhutanese archer
 * Pema Chophel (born 1981), Bhutanese footballer
 * Pema Dorji (footballer) (born 1985), Bhutanese footballer
 * Pema Rinchen (born 1986), Bhutanese footballer
 * Pema Diki Sherpa (born 1988), Nepalese mountain climber

Other

 * Pema Dorji (doctor) (1936–2009), practitioner of traditional Bhutanese medicine
 * Jetsun Pema (born 1940), sister of the 14th Dalai Lama
 * Pema Dhondup (fl. 1940s–present), Nepalese film director
 * Pema Gyamtsho (born 1961), Bhutanese politician
 * Pema Tseden (born 1969), Chinese film director
 * Pema Dakpa (born c. 1969), Bhutanese politician
 * Pema Khandu (born 1979), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh