Gyatso or Gyamco (), is a Tibetan personal name meaning "ocean". It is also written Rgya-mtsho in Wylie transliteration, Gyaco in Tibetan pinyin, Gyatsho in Tournadre Simplified Phonetic Transcription and Gyatso in THDL Simplified Phonetic Transcription. In the Lhasa dialect, it is pronounced or . In accordance with the latter pronunciation, it can also be spelled "Gyamtso" in English. Notable persons whose names include "Gyatso" include: Each Dalai Lama, other than the 1st, has had Gyatso as the second word of his personal name; for instance, the current Dalai Lama is named Tenzin Gyatso. See the list of Dalai Lamas; Chödrak Gyatso, the 7th Karmapa; Chögyam Trungpa (Chögyam is short for Chögyi Gyamtso), Buddhist teacher; Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT); Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso, a Karma Kagyu lama; Palden Gyatso, a monk who served thirty-three years as a political prisoner Desi Sangye Gyatso, 17th century political figure Geshe Sherab Gyatso, 20th century Communist politician Thubten Gyatso, an Australian Gelug monk. Monk Gyatso, a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. Other entities with a similar name: Gyamco, village in Tibet Tibetan names