What Iktan means
Iktan is a boy name of Maya origin meaning "ingenious". It comes from perhaps ik' (wind, breath, spirit) + -tan; no dictionary attestation as a word. It is pronounced eek-TAHN.
Name sites gloss it 'artist, ingenious'; this is folk etymology with no support in Yucatec dictionaries. A rare modern name.
About this meaning. The etymology is uncertain or disputed. The reading above is the best-supported one; popular baby-name sites often give a more romantic gloss that the dictionaries do not confirm.
Popularity: rare in Mexico today.
Related meanings: wind, wisdom.
Iktan is one of the indigenous names that Mexican parents have brought back over the last thirty years. Read about Maya names and how they are built.
