Nahuatl Submitted Names

Tlahuizcal m Nahuatl
Means "dawn, the light of dawn" in Nahuatl.

Tlailotlac m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl tlailoa "to become dirty, to humble oneself; to damage or ruin something", or alternately from a combination of the prefix tla-, iloti "to turn back, to return", and tlacatl "person, human", roughly translating as "person who returns".

Tlalcuauh m Nahuatl
Means "land stick, land rod" in Nahuatl, a tool and unit of measurement used for measuring parcels of land.

Tlamaca m Nahuatl
Means "to serve food" in Nahuatl.

Tlamaceuhqui m Nahuatl
Means "penitent one, devotee" in Nahuatl. Alternately, it may derive from a homophone meaning "dancer".

Tlanenel m Nahuatl
Means "mixed, mingled, disordered" in Nahuatl.

Tlaocol m Nahuatl
Means "sad, piteous; compassionate, merciful" in Nahuatl.

Tlaocoya f Nahuatl
Means "to be sad, to grieve" in Nahuatl.

Tlapalhuauh m & f Nahuatl
Means "red amaranth" in Nahuatl, from tlapalli "colour, red; dye, ink, blood" and huauhtli "amaranth".

Tlapayauh m Nahuatl
Means "a light rain" in Nahuatl.

Tlapoca m Nahuatl
Means "he smokes", derived from Nahuatl poctli "smoke, fumes".

Tlatlazaloc m Nahuatl
Probably derived from Nahuatl tlatlaza "to throw, to throw something".

Tlatol m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl tlahtolli "word, speech, language".

Tlaxcalcecec m Nahuatl
Means "cold tortilla" or "cold bread" in Nahuatl.

Tleçannen m Nahuatl
Means "what’s the use?" in Nahuatl.

Tlecuauh m Nahuatl
Means "fire stick, firebrand" in Nahuatl, an instrument for lighting fires.

Tlemachica m Nahuatl
Means "what the hell for?” in Nahuatl.

Tlepapalotl m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl tletl "fire" and papalotl "butterfly", possibly referring to a moth, or to the word tlepapalochihua, meaning "to plunge into the fire like a butterfly; to place oneself in danger".

Tlexico m Nahuatl
Possibly means "fire bee" or "hearth" in Nahuatl.

Tlilcoatl m & f Nahuatl
Means "black snake" in Nahuatl, derived from tlilli "black ink, soot, charcoal" and coatl "snake, serpent". Also a Nahuatl term for the Middle American indigo snake.

Tlile m Nahuatl
Means "one who has black (colour)" in Nahuatl, figuratively "wise" or "one who passes down tradition". Derived from tlilli "black (colour); black ink, paint, soot" and the possessive suffix -e.

Tlilhua m Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Means "possessor of ink" or "he who has black ink" in Nahuatl, from tlilli "black (colour); black ink, paint, soot" and the possessive suffix -hua. This was also the name of one of the Centzontotochtin, gods of the pulque (an alcoholic beverage made from maguey sap) and sons of Patecatl and Mayahuel.

Tlilli m Nahuatl
Means "black (colour); black ink, paint, dye" or "charcoal, soot" in Nahuatl. Used as a metaphor for writing, tradition, or wisdom.

Tlilpotoncatzin m Nahuatl
This is the name of the 2nd Cihuacoatl of Mexico-Tenochtitlan.

Tlilpotonqui m Nahuatl
A type of priestly regalia, possibly derived from Nahuatl tliltic "black" and either potonia "to cover in feathers" or potonqui "something stinky".

Tlilquen m Nahuatl
Means "black garment", from Nahuatl tliltic "black" and quemitl "garments, clothing; ritual vestments".

Tlilticoatl m & f Nahuatl (Hispanicized, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tlilcoatl, replacing the first element with tliltic, "black".

Tlohui m Nahuatl
Possibly means "falconer; he has hawks", derived from Nahuatl tlotli "hawk, buzzard" and the possessive suffix -huah.

Tochahua m Nahuatl
Means "our mistress" in Nahuatl, from to- "our" and chahua "someone in an irregular relationship, mistress".

Tochhua m Nahuatl
Means "he has rabbits; rabbit owner" in Nahuatl, derived from tochtli "rabbit" and the possessive suffix -hua.

Tochnenemi m Nahuatl
Means "he hops like a rabbit", from Nahuatl tochtli "rabbit" and nenemi "to travel; to walk, to run".

Tochtli m & f Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "rabbit" in Nahuatl, related to the Nahuatl verb totoca "run fast". This is the eighth day-sign of the tonalpohualli.

Tocual m Nahuatl
Means "our good thing" in Nahuatl.

Tocuatl m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.

Tohuacochin m & f Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl tohuatli "wooden crib" and cochi "to sleep", roughly "one who sleeps in the wooden crib". In this case, it may have been a childhood nickname... [more]

Tolin f Nahuatl
Means "reed, rush, cattail" in Nahuatl, a specific kind of marsh plant.

Tolnahuacatl m Nahuatl
Means "inhabitant of Tolnahuac" in Nahuatl.

Tomiquia m & f Nahuatl
Means "our death" or "the death of us", from Nahuatl to- "our", a possessive prefix, and miquiztli "death, mortality".

Tomiyauh f & m Nahuatl
Means "our maize flower", derived from Nahuatl to- "our" and miyahuatl "maize tassel flower".

Tonal m Nahuatl
Older form of Tonalli, meaning "day, sun, solar heat, life force" in Nahuatl.

Tonallaxochiatl f Nahuatl
Means "summer perfume" in Nahuatl, derived from tonalla "dry season, summer" and xochiatl "perfume, rose water".

Tonaloxochitl f Nahuatl
From the name of a type of red orchid (species Bletia coccinea) commonly known as the brick red bletia in English. Ultimately derived from tonalli "day, warmth of the sun" and xōchitl "flower".

Tonantzin f Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "our dear mother" or "our sacred mother" in Nahuatl, from to- "our", nantli "mother", and -tzin, a diminutive or reverential suffix. This was a title of the Aztec mother goddess.

Tonecocal m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain. Possibly means "our useful thing", derived from Nahuatl to- "our" and necoca "usefulness (of something)".

Toqual m Nahuatl
Means "our good thing" in Nahuatl.

Totonametl m Nahuatl
Means "resplendent one, shining one" in Nahuatl, a reduplicate form of tonametl "sunbeam, ray of sun". This was a title of the sun and of the planet Venus, as well as a given name.

Tototl m Nahuatl
Means "bird" in Nahuatl.

Tototontli f Nahuatl
Means "little bird", a diminutive form of Tototl.

Tozcuecuexcatl m Nahuatl
Derived from Tozcuecuextli.

Tozcuecuextli m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly "yellow parrot jewelry", from toztli "yellow-headed amazon (bird)" and cuecuextli "rope decorated with stone beads".

Tozmacuex m Nahuatl
Possibly means "yellow parrot bracelet", from Nahuatl toztli "yellow-headed amazon (bird)" and macuextli "bracelet".

Tozquihua m Nahuatl
Means "someone with a voice" or "he who can sing" in Nahuatl, from tozquitl "voice" and the possessive suffix -hua.

Tzalanti f & m Nahuatl
Probably related to Nahuatl tzalantic, "clear water".

Tzapa m Nahuatl
Means "dwarf" in Nahuatl.

Tzatzi m & f Nahuatl
Means "to shout, to yell, to vocalize" in Nahuatl.

Tzihuac m Nahuatl
From Nahuatl tzihuactli, a kind of small agave with a spiny flower stalk.

Tzihuacmitl m Nahuatl
Means "agave arrow" in Nahuatl, an arrow (mitl) made from the stalk of the tzihuactli plant, a kind of small agave.

Tzihuactlatonac m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.

Tzihuactlatonal m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain. Possibly derived from Nahuatl tzihuactlah "place of prickly shrubs" (from tzicuactli, a kind of agave plant) and tonalli "day, sun, heat" or "soul, animating force", combined with the diminutive or reverential suffix -tzin.

Tzihuacxilotl f & m Nahuatl
Means "young prickly corn cob" or "edible part of the tzihuactli cactus" in Nahuatl, from tzihuactli, a kind of small agave, and xilotl "green ear of maize, young corncob".

Tzihuacxochitl f Nahuatl
Means "agave flower" in Nahuatl, from tzihuactli, a kind of small agave plant, and xōchitl "flower".

Tzihuacxochitzin f Nahuatl
Variant of Tzihuacxochitl, with the diminutive or reverential suffix "-tzin", a suffix that was often used in Aztec royal families. This name was borne by a queen consort of Tezozomoc, the Tlatoani (ruler) of the city-state of Azcapotzalco.

Tziuhcoatl m Nahuatl
Probably derived from Nahuatl tziuhtli "turquoise-browed motmot (bird)" and cōātl "snake, serpent; twin".

Tziuhtla m Nahuatl
Probably derived from tziuhtli "turquoise-browed motmot", a kind of bird.

Tzopilotl m Nahuatl
Means "turkey vulture, buzzard" in Nahuatl.

Xalicuilol m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xalli "sand" combined with either icuilolli "painting, piece of writing" or cuilol "a design, a decoration".

Xalli m & f Nahuatl
Means "sand" in Nahuatl.

Xelhuan m Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Probably related to Nahuatl xeloa "to divide, to distribute". This was the name of a giant in Aztec mythology, one of seven survivors of the great flood.

Xicolazacamitl m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xicolli "sleeveless ceremonial jacket", azacatl "thick, solid hay", and mitl "arrow".

Xihuitl m Nahuatl
Means "year, comet", referring to the 365-day Aztec calendar, or "turquoise, greenstone, herbs; greenish things".

Xilohua f & m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xilotl "green ear of maize, young corncob" and the possessive suffix -hua.

Xilonen f Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Probably means "doll made of maize", from Nahuatl xilotl "green ear of maize, young corncob" and nenetl "doll, idol". This was an aspect of Chicomecōātl, an Aztec goddess of agriculture, also called "the hairy one" in reference to the hair-like tassels of the corn.

Xilotl f Nahuatl
Means "green ear of maize, young corncob" in Nahuatl.

Xiloxoch f Nahuatl
Means "calliandra (flower)" in Nahuatl, ultimately derived from xilotl "green maize, young ear of corn" and xōchitl "flower".

Xiloxochcatl m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xiloxochitl "silk-cotton tree" or "calliandra" (see Xiloxoch) and -catl "person, inhabitant".

Xipe m Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Means "the flayed one", derived from Nahuatl xipehua, "to flay, to skin, to peel". This was the name of an Aztec deity also known as Xipe Totec, god of ritual flaying and agriculture, who oversaw vegetation, springtime, regeneration, metal crafts, deadly warfare, and the east... [more]

Xiuhcanahualtzin f Nahuatl
Meaning unknown, although the first element is probably "xihuitl" or "xiuh", meaning "turquoise, grass, green/blue thing" or "year, comet" or "flame, fire". The last element is probably "-tzin", a diminutive or reverential suffix... [more]

Xiuhcozcatl m Nahuatl
Means "domestic wild turkey" in Nahuatl. Alternately, may be derived from xihuitl "turquoise" and cozcatl "necklace, ornament, jewel".

Xiuhcozol f Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xihuitl "year" and cozolli "cradle". Often given to girls born during the New Fire ceremony xiuhmolpilli, "the binding of the years", an event held every 52 years to align the Aztec’s ritual calendar with the annual calendar.

Xiuhcue f Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xihuitl "year" and cuēitl "skirt". Often given to girls born during the New Fire ceremony xiuhmolpilli, "the binding of the years", an event held every 52 years to align the Aztec’s ritual calendar with the annual calendar.

Xiuhcuetzin f Aztec, Nahuatl
Possibly derived from Nahuatl xihuitl, which can mean "turquoise, grass, greenish thing", "year, comet", or "flame, fire", cueitl "skirt", and -tzin, a diminutive or reverential suffix... [more]

Xiuhnenetl f Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xihuitl "year" (or "turquoise") and nenetl "doll, idol; vulva". Often given to girls born during the New Fire ceremony xiuhmolpilli, "the binding of the years", an event held every 52 years to align the Aztec’s ritual calendar with the annual calendar.

Xiuhquen m Nahuatl
Possibly derived from xihuitl "year" (or "turquoise") and quemitl "garments, clothing; ritual vestments". Often given to boys born during the New Fire ceremony xiuhmolpilli, "the binding of the years", an event held every 52 years to align the Aztec’s ritual calendar with the annual calendar.

Xiuhtezcatl m Nahuatl
Means "turquoise mirror", from Nahuatl xihuitl "turquoise" and tezcatl "mirror".

Xiuhtlalpilli m Nahuatl
Can mean either "binding of the years" or "turquoise cloth" in Nahuatl, the former derived from xihuitl "year", the latter from xihuitl "turquoise, greenish thing". Often given to boys born during the New Fire ceremony xiuhmolpilli, "the binding of the years", an event held every 52 years to align the Aztec’s ritual calendar with the annual calendar.

Xiuhtlaltzin f Nahuatl
From Nahuatl xiuhtlalli "turquoise lands, jade land", itself derived from xihuitl (xiuh-) "turquoise, grass, greenish thing" and tlālli "earth, land, soil", and the diminutive or reverential suffix -tzin.

Xiuhtlatlac m Nahuatl
Possibly derived from xihuitl "year" and tlatlac "something burned". Often given to boys born during the New Fire ceremony xiuhmolpilli, "the binding of the years", an event held every 52 years to align the Aztec’s ritual calendar with the annual calendar.

Xiuhtototl m & f Nahuatl
Means "lovely cotinga" in Nahuatl, literally "turquoise bird" a species of bright blue birds. Derived from xihuitl "turquoise" and tototl "bird".

Xiuhtzitzqui m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xihuitl "year" and tzitzquia "to seize, grasp, take hold of". Often given to boys born during the New Fire ceremony xiuhmolpilli, "the binding of the years", an event held every 52 years to align the Aztec’s ritual calendar with the annual calendar.

Xiuhxochitl f Nahuatl
Means "turquoise flower" in Nahuatl, from xihuitl "turquoise" and xōchitl "flower".

Xochhua m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xōchitl "flower" and the possessive suffix -hua. Compare Xochihua.

Xochiatlapal f & m Nahuatl
Means "flower petal", from Nahuatl xochitl "flower" and atlapalli "leaf, wing (of a bird)".

Xochichimal m Nahuatl
Means "flower shield" in Nahuatl, from xōchitl "flower" and chimalli "shield".

Xochihua m & f Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "flower-bearer, owner of flowers" in Nahuatl, figuratively "to bewitch women; seducer, seductress" or "effeminate man". Derived from xōchitl "flower" and the possessive suffix -hua.

Xochimitl m Nahuatl
Means "flower arrow" or "flowery arrow" in Nahuatl, a specific kind of arrow used as an offering in a feast. Derived from xōchitl "flower" and mitl "arrow, dart".

Xochinahual m Nahuatl
Means "flower sorcerer" or "flower disguise" in Nahuatl.

Xochipepe m & f Nahuatl
Means "flower gatherer" in Nahuatl, from xochitl "flower" and pepena "to choose, to pick something".

Xochiquen m Nahuatl
Means "flowery garment", from Nahuatl xochitl "flower" and quemitl "garments, clothing; ritual vestments".

Xochiteca m Nahuatl
Means "inhabitant of Xochitlan", or taken from the name of a famous female sacrificial victim (given as an honorary title to victims sacrificed in the 13th month).

Xochiteotl m Nahuatl
Means "flower god", from Nahuatl xōchitl "flower" and teotl "god, deity; divine or sacred force".

Xochitlicue f Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Means "flower skirt" in Nahuatl, from xōchitl "flower" and icue "her skirt". This was the name of an Aztec goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth, and the mother of the twin gods Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal.

Xochitonal m & f Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Derived from Nahuatl xōchitl "flower" and tonalli "day, sun, heat; fate, soul". This was also the name of a giant cayman said to reside on the path to the afterlife.

Xochitototl m Nahuatl
Means "black-backed oriole" in Nahuatl, literally "flower bird", a small black and yellow passerine. Ultimately derived from xōchitl "flower" and tototl "bird".

Xochitzetzeloa m Nahuatl
Means "he sprinkles flowers", derived from Nahuatl xōchitl "flower" and tzetzeloa "to shake something, to sift something".

Xochmitl m Nahuatl
Variant form of Xochimitl.

Xoco f Nahuatl
Means "youngest daughter, youngest sister" in Nahuatl. May alternately derive from xocotl "fruit" or xococ "sour".

Xocoyotl f Nahuatl
Means "youngest child" in Nahuatl.

Xolomitl m Nahuatl
Possibly derived from Nahuatl xolotl "servant, page, slave" and omitl "bone". Alternatively, the first element could instead mean "cornstalk", or refer to the Aztec deity Xolotl, or perhaps to the dogs named after the god.

Xolotecatl m Nahuatl
Means "person from Xolotlan" in Nahuatl.

Xomimitl m Nahuatl
Possibly means "foot pierced by an arrow", derived from Nahuatl xo- "foot", mina "to pierce", and mitl "arrow".

Xopanatl m Nahuatl
Means "spring/summer rain shower" in Nahuatl.

Xopil m Nahuatl
Means "toe" in Nahuatl.

Xotlani m Nahuatl
Means "something that grows, blooms" in Nahuatl.

Xoxopanxoco f Nahuatl
Means "springtime fruit, fruit of spring" in Nahuatl, derived from xoxopan "spring, green time" and xocotl "fruit".

Yacatl m Nahuatl
Means "nose, point, something in the lead" in Nahuatl.

Yacaton f & m Nahuatl
Possibly means "little nose" in Nahuatl, or a diminutive form of Yacatl.

Yaochoca m Nahuatl
Means "to make war cries", from Nahuatl yoatl "war, warfare; combatant" and choca "to cry, weep; to bleat, roar, growl".

Yaochopin m Nahuatl

Yaocihuatl f & m Nahuatl
Means "war woman, warrior woman" in Nahuatl, from yaotl "combatant; war, battle" and cihuatl "woman".

Yaocuixtli m Nahuatl
Means "war kite, combative kite", derived from Nahuatl yao- "war, combat" and cuixtli "kite (bird of prey)".

Yaomeca m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl yaotl "war, warfare; combatant" and mecatl "cord, rope".

Yaomitl m Nahuatl
Means "war arrow" in Nahuatl.

Yaonemitl m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl yaotl "combatant; war, battle" and nemi "to live, to dwell; to be; to go about, to walk", possibly meaning "to live like a combatant" or "to be war-like".

Yaopipi m Nahuatl
Means "war spy, enemy spy", from Nahuatl yaotl "combatant, enemy" or yao- "war, battle" and pipia "to spy, to stalk".

Yaotl m Aztec, Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "enemy, combatant" in Nahuatl.

Yaotlachinol m & f Nahuatl
Means "scorching of war" or "destruction of war" in Nahuatl.

Yaotlaloc m Nahuatl
Possibly a combination of yao- "war, combat" and the name of the deity Tlaloc.

Yaotlhuehue m Nahuatl
Means "old enemy, old combatant" in Nahuatl.

Yaoxochitl f & m Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "enemy flower" or "war flower", from Nahuatl yaotl "enemy, combatant; war" and xochitl "flower". This can refer to a type of organised warfare, or to an actual flower, possibly the marigold.

Yaquica m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly related to Nahuatl yaoquiza "to go to war". Alternatively, may be related to Yaquin.

Yaquin m Nahuatl
Possibly derived from Nahuatl yaqui "departed, gone, having left for a place".

Yayauhqui m & f Aztec, Nahuatl
Means "dark (colour), swarthy" in Nahuatl.

Yecatlahua m & f Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain. Possibly derived from Nahuatl yecatl "fresh water" and tlahua "granting".

Yecatototl m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain. Possibly derived from Nahuatl yecatl "fresh water" and tototl "bird"; alternatively, could be a variant of Ehecatototl.

Yeyetzi f & m Nahuatl, Mexican (Rare)
Probably means "beautiful, precious", ultimately derived from Nahuatl yectli "good, virtuous, just".

Yoalli f & m Nahuatl, Mexican
Variant of Yohual.

Yoally f Nahuatl
Variant of Yoalli.

Yohual m & f Nahuatl
Means "night" in Nahuatl.

Yohualxoch f Nahuatl
Means "night flower" in Nahuatl, referring to a kind of flowering plant used medicinally.

Yollotzin m & f Nahuatl, Mexican
Variant of Yolotzin.

Yoltzin f & m Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "little heart" in Nahuatl.

Yopicatl m Nahuatl
Means "person from Yopica".

Yoyontli m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.

Yul f & m Nahuatl
Derived from Yolotl.

Zaca m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl zacatl "grass, hay, straw".

Zacahuehue m Nahuatl
Probably derived from zacatl "grass, hay" and huehue "elder, old man".

Zacancatl m Nahuatl
Possibly derived from zacatl "grass, hay, straw" and the suffix -catl.

Zolin m Nahuatl
Means "quail" in Nahuatl.