[ syll. ten-zin(g) , te-nzi-ng ] The baby boy name Tenzing is pronounced as T EH NZih-NG †. Tenzing is used chiefly in the Indian language and its origin is Sanskrit. The meaning of the name is wisdom, teaching.Tenzing is unusual as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Tenzing include the name Thomkins and the name Tomkins (English). syll. ten-zin(g) , te-nzi-ng ] The baby boy name Tenzing is pronounced as T EH NZih-NG †. Tenzing is used chiefly in the Indian language and its origin is Sanskrit. The meaning of the name is wisdom, teaching.