What Yaxkin means
Yaxkin is a unisex name of Maya origin meaning "new sun". It is built from yax (green, new, first) and k'iin (sun, day). It is pronounced yahsh-KEEN.
The seventh month of the Maya haab calendar. Given to girls and boys in southeast Mexico.
Spellings and variants: Yaxkín, Yax-Kin.
Popularity: known but uncommon in Mexico.
Related meanings: sun, light, hope.
Yaxkin 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.
