Entry № 2074 · Nahuatl origin

Citlali Citlali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ see-TLAH-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Nahuatl
Meaning
"Star"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Nahuatl)

A name that means "star".

Citlali comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and means a star.

Bright and rooted, Citlali is a star with deep native soil.

Star — a name from the Aztec sky.

The name in its native script.

Citlali
Transliteration
Citlali
Pronunciation
/ siːtˈlɑː.li /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Citlali stands.

Citlali does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Citlalis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Citlali
Common in Mexican fiction.

Names connected to Citlali.

The number behind Citlali.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Citlali reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.