AQUETZALLIfNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl quetzalli, meaning "quetzal feather", from the Nahuatl root quetza "to stand up". The word quetzalli also denotes something precious. The quetzal held great cultural and religious significance to the Aztecs, and other indigenous peoples of Central America... [more]
AZTLANm & fAztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl (?), American (Hispanic, Rare), Mexican (Rare) Aztlan is the mythical homeland of the Aztec peoples. In their language (Nahuatl), the roots of Aztlan are the two words: aztatl tlan(tli) meaning "heron" and "place of". The homeland was said to have many heron birds and may have been translated to 'place of white-ness' or even 'brightness' (as used by some Chicanos) because of the large population of the white feathered birds living there... [more]
CENTLIm & fNahuatl In the Aztec culture, Centeotl (also known as Centeocihuatl or Cinteotl) is the maize deity. Therefore, comes some derivatives of the name like: Cintli or Centli which means "dried maize still on the cob" or simply "corn"; and Teōtl means "deity"... [more]
CIPACTLIm & fNahuatl, Aztec Nahuatl unisex name referring to the first daysign in the tonalpohualli, or Aztec day-count. It is possible that pre-Colombian civilisations may have chosen to name their children after the daysign under which they were born... [more]
ITZCOATLmNahuatl Means "obsidian snake" in Classical Nahuatl. The name of the fourth ruler of Tenochtitlan.
ITZTLImNahuatl Means "obsidian" and "obsidian knife" in Nahuatl.
MALINALXOCHITLfNahuatl Means "grass flower" in Nahuatl, from Nahuatl malinal, "grass" and xochitl, "flower". In Aztec mythology, Malinalxochitl is a beautiful sorceress and sister of Huitzilopochtli.
MALINTZINfNahuatl This is a variant of Malinali which means "Goddess of Grass." Malintzin is the honorific version with the suffix 'tzin' being the equivalent of 'Ma'am' or 'Lady.'
MAYALENfNahuatl, Mexican Mayalen alteration of the name Mayahuel (Nahuatl pronunciation: maˈjawel) is the female divinity associated with the maguey plant among cultures of central Mexico in the Postclassic era of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology, and in particular of the Aztec cultures... [more]
MAZATLmNahuatl, Mexican (Rare) From Nahuatl mazatl meaning "deer". This was the name of a cacique or leader of the Nahuas of Papayeca, active during the Spanish conquest of what is now Honduras.
MOCTEZUMAmIndigenous American, Nahuatl It is a compounds of a noun meaning "lord" and a verb meaning "to frown in anger", and so is interpreted as "he is one who frowns like a lord" or "he who is angry in a noble manner".
NAHUITOCHTLIfNahuatl "Four Rabbit" (the day of the name owner's birth in the Mexica social calendar)
TOCHTLIm & fNahuatl Means "rabbit" in Nahuatl, related to the Nahuatl verb totoca "run fast". The Tochtli (Rabbit) is one of the day signs in the Aztec calender.