Tenzing (name)

Tenzing is a Tibetan given name, a variant spelling of Tenzin. Notable people with the name include:

• Tenzing Norgay (1914–1986), Sherpa mountaineer in the first Everest ascent, whose relatives include:
  • Jamling Tenzing Norgay (born 1965), mountaineer (son of Tenzing Norgay)
  • Tashi Tenzing (born 1965), mountaineer (maternal grandson of Tenzing Norgay)
  • Tenzing Norgay Trainor, an actor from Liv and Maddie and voice actor from Abominable and Abominable and the Invisible City

Fictional characters

• Tenzing Tharkay (Temeraire series), a character in the novel series Temeraire by Naomi Novik

See also

• Ten Sing, a method of youth work
• Tenzing (disambiguation)
• Norgay (disambiguation)