What Xhunaxhi means
Xhunaxhi is a girl name of Zapotec origin meaning "lady, princess". It comes from xunaxi (lady, goddess, virgin; used for the Virgin Mary in Zapotec). It is pronounced shoo-NAH-shee.
Isthmus Zapotec word for a noble woman or goddess; also a nickname for Juchitán's traditional beauty queens. Rare as a registered name.
Spellings and variants: Xunaxi, Xunashi.
Popularity: rare in Mexico today.
Related meanings: royalty, beauty, noble.
Xhunaxhi is one of the indigenous names that Mexican parents have brought back over the last thirty years. Read about Zapotec names and how they are built.
