Classic Mayan Submitted Names

These names were used by the ancient Maya people of Mexico and Central America.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ahkal m Classic Mayan
Possibly means "turtle", deriving from the Classic Maya element ahk-al. This was occasionally used as an element in the names of Maya royalty.
Aluxa f Classic Mayan
Light or star in Ancient Mayan of Mexico
Báalam m & f Yucatec Maya, Classic Mayan, Mayan Mythology
Báalam, who represents Jaguars, is a deity from Mayan Mythology. His name means “Jaguar” in Yucatec Maya.
Baalham m & f Mayan, Classic Mayan, Mayan Mythology
Baalham means “Jaguar” in the Classic Mayan language.
Bahlam m Classic Mayan
Means "jaguar", deriving from the Classic Maya element balam ("jaguar"). This was used as a name element by Classic Maya royalty.
Catan m & f Classic Mayan (Archaic)
it is a mayan name short Yacatan which was the capitol of the mayan world. it was also used in a books called Sirens Call by C H B-eliott
Ekʼ f Classic Mayan
Means "star", deriving from the Classic Maya element ek’ ("star").
Ekʼ-naah f Classic Mayan
Means "star house", deriving from the Classic Maya elements ek' ("star") and na' ("house, structure"). Name borne by a prominent Maya queen of Kaan (fl. 520 CE).
Mo' m Classic Mayan
Means "macaw", deriving from the Classic Maya element mo' ("macaw"). This was a common name element used by Classic Maya royalty.
Nahb m Classic Mayan
Means "lake", deriving from the Classic Maya element nab ("lake, pool").
Nictae f Classic Mayan (Latinized, Rare)
Nicté ( maya : nicte : flower: May flower, tree), according to the alphabetical encyclopedia Yucatan in Time, is the name of a legend in the book compiled Mayan Legends by writer Yucatan Clemente López Trujillo, which refers to the May Flower and star constellation Southern Cross .
Sak-kʼukʼ f Classic Mayan
Meaning uncertain. A possible meaning is "white quetzal", deriving from the Classic Maya elements sak, meaning "white" and k'uk' meaning "quetzal". Name borne by the daughter of Yohl Ikʼnal who ruled Palenque from 612 to 615 CE.
Tz'akbu f Classic Mayan
Etymology uncertain. A possible meaning is "the successor, the counted one", deriving from the Classic Maya element tz’akbuj (counted, successor). Name borne by Lady Tz'akbu Ajaw, who was the mother of K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II of Palenque.
Tziquin f & m Classic Mayan
Means "bird" in the Tzeltal and Quiche-Kaqchikel languages. Also the 15th day in the Tzental and Quiche-Cakchiquel calendars in ancient Maya.
Unen Bahlam f Classic Mayan
The name of a Mayan ruler, hypothesised to mean "baby jaguar".
Yohl Ikʼnal f Classic Mayan
Anglicisation of IX-(Y)O꞉L-la IKʼ-NAL-la, the transcription of the name of a queen of the Maya city-state of Palenque, which translates to "Lady Heart of the Wind Place".
Yunuen m & f Classic Mayan
"half moon"