Entry № 6816 · Nahuatl origin

Metztli Metztli — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ METZ-tlee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Nahuatl
Meaning
"Moon goddess"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Nahuatl)

A name that means "moon goddess".

Metztli is the Aztec lunar goddess — also the Nahuatl word for "moon" and "month." In Aztec mythology, Metztli (also called Coyolxauhqui in some traditions) governed the night sky.

Metztli is rising in Mexico as part of the Indigenous-revival naming movement.

Moon goddess. The Aztec lunar.

The name in its native script.

Metztli
Transliteration
Metztli
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɛts.tli /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Metztli stands.

Metztli 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.

Metztlis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Metztli
Aztec moon goddess.
Aztec mythology

Names connected to Metztli.

The number behind Metztli.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Metztli reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.