What Nezahualcóyotl means
Nezahualcóyotl is a boy name of Nahuatl (Aztec) origin meaning "fasting coyote". It is built from nezahualli (fasting, the collar worn while fasting) and coyōtl (coyote). It is pronounced neh-sah-wahl-KOH-yohtl.
Poet-king of Texcoco (1402-1472), engineer of the Tenochtitlan aqueduct and author of famous Nahuatl poems. Given as a first name to boys in central Mexico, and it is a city in the State of Mexico.
Spellings and variants: Nezahualcoyotl, Netzahualcóyotl.
Nicknames in Mexico: Neza. See the guide to Mexican nicknames.
Popularity: known but uncommon in Mexico.
Related meanings: royalty, wisdom, animal.
Nezahualcóyotl is one of the indigenous names that Mexican parents have brought back over the last thirty years. Read about Nahuatl (Aztec) names and how they are built, or see more Nahuatl (Aztec) boy names.
