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Comments for XOCHITL:

The name Xochitl comes from the Aztec. Xochitl was the princess of flowers and art.
-- moonangels3  5/24/2005
I have know a few girls with this name, only they spelled it "Xochilt".
-- PVega  10/16/2005
There is a contestant on Flavor of Love (on VH1) with this name. She was nicknamed "Miss Latin" by Flava Flav. She spells it "Xotchitl".
-- Labonne  1/9/2006
Pronounced SO-chee.
-- claraelizabethann  8/7/2006
I've met a couple of girls with this name but it's funny because this one time I was making a story and I had to name a charcter who was a snobby girl, so I ask my friend "what name do you think is the most snobbiest?" and he said that it was this one, but still I think it's cool and very Mexican (I'm Mexican!)
-- michi_vane  1/13/2007
I love saying it.
-- rainxxxgurl  4/17/2007
I see that others pronounce it differently, but I've always pronounced it as so'chul. My nickname is Xochie, pronounced so'chee. There is a new tortilla chip on the market (here in Texas) named Xochitl, but pronounced so'shee.
-- xochitlita  5/24/2007
This name is meant to be pronounced Ho-chee-tl; not So-chee or So-shee.
-- Anonymous User  7/16/2007
I have only ever heard this name pronounced Zo-Cheel (Zo as pronounced like the Z-O in Zoe. Cheel is pronounced to rhyme with feel).
-- LMS  11/23/2008
Cool name. The proper Nahuatl pronunciation is shoh-cheetl, but it's still acceptable to pronounce it so-chee, zo-chee, or ho-chee.
-- Ouaie  12/16/2008
Some other pronunciations include so-cheel, zo-cheel, ho-cheel, and so on.
-- Ouaie  12/16/2008
I read the word “Xochitl” comes from the Nahuatl stem "xotla" which means "to catch fire; to bloom, blossom". I think it's interesting how Xochitl has a second meaning (like Daisy also means "day's eye"). I love this name! It's beautiful. Xochitl sounds gorgeous and soft, and the meaning is so pretty. And the spelling is awesome. :) It looks very exotic to me. I think Xochitl and Ixchel would be perfect names for twin sisters. I know they aren’t from the same language, but in my mind, they seem to go together.
-- Ailis  7/9/2009
This name is very pretty. A lot of native names in Latin America are lovely. And it's a legit name starting with X - an added bonus!
-- bananarama  5/9/2010

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