Entry № 8387 · Other origin

Quetzal Quetzal — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ket-SAHL /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Sacred Mesoamerican bird + Quetzalcoatl + Guatemala"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Nahuatl)

A name that means "sacred mesoamerican bird + quetzalcoatl + guatemala".

Quetzal is from the Nahuatl quetzalli (precious feather, sacred bird). Quetzal refers to the Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) — sacred bird of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The resplendent quetzal is Guatemala's national bird, and the quetzal has been Guatemala's currency since 1925.

Sacred bird (Nahuatl).

The name in its native script.

Quetzalli
Transliteration
Quetzalli
Pronunciation
/ kɛtˈsɑːl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Quetzal stands.

Quetzal 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.

Quetzals before her.

Real people

In fiction
Quetzal
Sacred Mesoamerican bird.

Names connected to Quetzal.

The number behind Quetzal.

3

The Communicator

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