Note: The following are Nahuatl personal names and name elements. At one time, everyone spoke Nahuatl in the Valley of Mexico except for the Otomi (1).
Acatl = "Reed" (1)
Atl = "Water" (1)
Calli = "House" (1)
Cipactli = "Alligator" (1)
Coatl = "Serpent, Snake" (1)
Coyotl? = "Coyote"? (1)
Cozcaquauhtli = "Vulture" (1)
Cuetzpalin = "Lizard" (1)
Ehecatl = "Wind" (1)
Icpalli = "Chair" (a legless chair) (1)
Itz? = "Obsidian"? (1)
Itzcuintli = "Dog" (1)
Malinalli = "Grass" (1)
Mazatl = "Deer" (1)
Miquiztli = "Death" (1)
Nezahual? = "Hungry"? (1)
Nochtli = "Prickly Pear Cactus" (1)
Ocelotl = "Ocelot" (1)
Ollin = "Motion, Earthquake" (1)
Otli = "Road" (1)
Ozomatli = "Monkey" (1)
Quauhtli = "Eagle" (1)
Quauitl = "Tree, Forest" (1)
Quiautl = "Rain" (1)
Tecpatl = "Flint Knife" (1)
Tepetl = "Mountain" (1)
Tetl = "Stone" (1)
Tlantli = "Teeth" (1)
Tochtli ="Rabbit" (1)
Xochitl = "Flower" (1)
Source:
(1) Everyday Life of the Aztecs, Warwick Bray, New York: Peter Bedrick
Books, 1968, 1991.
See also:
Common Nahuatl Names - Common Nahuatl Names is an analysis of Nahuatl names found in a 1540 census. The analysis was done by Bob McCaa of the University of Minnesota and reported by John F. Schwaller, 1999.
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Updated November 30, 2009