Save Gender Masculine Usage Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl Pronounced Pron. /iː.pɑl.ne.mo.ˈwɑ.ni/(Nahuatl) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "he through whom we live" or "giver of life" in Nahuatl. This was one of several names for a supreme Aztec deity. It later came to be used as a term for the Christian god.