This is a list of submitted names in which the language is Mayan.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Acan m Mayan MythologyMeans "groan". This is the name of the Mayan God of wine and celebration.
Ahkal m Classic MayanPossibly means "turtle", deriving from the Classic Maya element
ahk-al. This was occasionally used as an element in the names of Maya royalty.
Ajbit m Mayan MythologyOne of the thirteen Mayan gods who created human beings. Ajbit assisted in the actual construction work.
Alom m Mayan MythologyA Mayan god of the sky, and one of the seven gods who created the world and the humans.
Bahlam m Classic MayanMeans "jaguar", deriving from the Classic Maya element
balam ("jaguar"). This was used as a name element by Classic Maya royalty.
Camazotz m Mayan MythologyCamazotz represented bats in Mayan mythology. Bats were considered symbols of rebirth and the underworld.
Catan m & f Classic Mayan (Archaic)it is a mayan name short Yacatan which was the capitol of the mayan world. it was also used in a books called Sirens Call by C H B-eliott
Colel f Mayan MythologyColel Cab is the Mayan earth goddess associated with bees and beekeeping. Modern Maya Daykeepers invoke her name in chants to ward off attacks to nests and solve problems for hive keepers with their bees.
Ekʼ f Classic MayanMeans "star", deriving from the Classic Maya element
ek’ ("star").
Ekʼ-naah f Classic MayanMeans "star house", deriving from the Classic Maya elements
ek' ("star") and
na' ("house, structure"). Name borne by a prominent Maya queen of Kaan (fl. 520 CE).
Itzam m Classic MayanItzam Kʼan Ahk II was an 8th-century ajaw or ruler of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala.
Ixtab f Mayan MythologyAt the time of the Spanish conquest of Yucatán (1527–1546), Ix Tab or Ixtab ( "Rope Woman", "Hangwoman") was the indigenous Mayan goddess of suicide by hanging. Playing the role of a psychopomp, she would accompany such suicides to heaven.
Jacawitz m Mayan MythologyMeans "mountain" in the lowland Maya language, as well as "first mountain" in the Cholan languages; also compare the highland Maya word
qʼaqʼawitz meaning "fire mountain". This was the name of a K'iche' Maya mountain god, a companion of the sun god
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Jochola m & f MayanMight refer to or reference a sacred flower.
Kʼan m Classic MayanMeans "yellow, precious, jewel" in Classic Mayan. It could also mean "to want" in Tzotzil. This was the name of two Mayan kings of Caracol in Belize.
Mo' m Classic MayanMeans "macaw", deriving from the Classic Maya element
mo' ("macaw"). This was a common name element used by Classic Maya royalty.
Nahb m Classic MayanMeans "lake", deriving from the Classic Maya element
nab ("lake, pool").
Nictae f Classic Mayan (Latinized, Rare)Nicté ( maya : nicte : flower: May flower, tree), according to the alphabetical encyclopedia Yucatan in Time, is the name of a legend in the book compiled Mayan Legends by writer Yucatan Clemente López Trujillo, which refers to the May Flower and star constellation Southern Cross .
Nikte-ha f Yucatec MayaFrom the Mayan elements
nik meaning "flower" and
ha meaning "water". This also refers to a specific type of waterlily,
Nymphaea.
Sak-kʼukʼ f Classic MayanMeaning uncertain. A possible meaning is "white quetzal", deriving from the Classic Maya elements
sak, meaning "white" and
k'uk' meaning "quetzal". Name borne by the daughter of
Yohl Ikʼnal who ruled Palenque from 612 to 615 CE.
Sak-Nikte' f Yucatec Maya, Mayan MythologyMeans "white mayflower" in Yucatec Maya. This was the name of a legendary princess, also written about in Antonio Mediz Bolio's
Chichén-Itzá y la princesa Sac-Nicté.
Siyaj m MayanFrom Siyaj Kʼakʼ, a prominent warlord mentioned in the glyphs of Mayan civilisation monuments.
Tikal f MayanFrom Tikal, the ruins of an ancient city found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It may be derived from
ti ak'al in the Yucatec Maya language; it is said to be a relatively modern name meaning "at the waterhole"... [
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Tz'akbu f Classic MayanEtymology uncertain. A possible meaning is "the successor, the counted one", deriving from the Classic Maya element
tz’akbuj (counted, successor). Name borne by Lady Tz'akbu Ajaw, who was the mother of
K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II of Palenque.
Tziquin f & m Classic MayanMeans "bird" in the Tzeltal and Quiche-Kaqchikel languages. Also the 15th day in the Tzental and Quiche-Cakchiquel calendars in ancient Maya.
Yohl Ikʼnal f Classic MayanAnglicisation of
IX-(Y)O꞉L-la IKʼ-NAL-la, the transcription of the name of a queen of the Maya city-state of Palenque, which translates to "Lady Heart of the Wind Place".