What Yaxché means
Yaxché is a unisex name of Maya origin meaning "ceiba tree". It is built from yax (green, first) and che' (tree). It is pronounced yahsh-CHEH.
The sacred ceiba, the world tree that joins the underworld, earth and sky in Maya cosmology. Rare given name.
Spellings and variants: Yaxche.
Popularity: rare in Mexico today.
Related meanings: nature, earth, life.
Yaxché 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.
