Entry № 11738 · Mayan origin

Yatzil Yatzil — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ yah-TSEEL /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Mayan
Meaning
"Beloved, loved one"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Mayan)

A name that means "beloved, loved one".

Yatzil is a Yucatec Mayan name meaning "beloved" or "loved one." Used in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.

Yatzil is widely used in modern Mayan communities.

Beloved. The Mayan word.

The name in its native script.

Yatzil
Transliteration
Yatzil
Pronunciation
/ jəˈtsiːl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yatzil stands.

Yatzil 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.

Yatzils before her.

Real people

In fiction
Yatzil
Common in Mayan fiction.

Names connected to Yatzil.

The number behind Yatzil.

3

The Communicator

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