Uma Thurman's Name

Ever wondered about the name of the famous actress Uma Thurman. I was delighted to find out the story behind her name.

Uma Thurman's Dad Robert Thurman is an academician and Buddhist Scholar. He gave his children a Buddhist upbringing. He named is daughter after the Tibetan Term, Dbuma Chenpo. (here 'db' is silent and the term means "The Great Middle Way"). And her full name is 'Uma Karuna Thurman'.

And interestingly, she spent some of her childhood in Almora, Uttarakhand, India. ( I suspect an Indian twist in the 'Karuna', "Karuna' in the Indian Language, Hindi, means 'Compassion').