What Cuauhtli means
The fifteenth day sign and the eagle of the flag. Careful: cuahuitl (tree, wood) is a different word that also shows up as cuauh- in compounds, so Cuauhtemoc is descending eagle while Cuauhnahuac (Cuernavaca) is near the trees.
NahuatlCore vocabulary
Cuauhtli
“eagle”
Say it
KWAOW·tlee
Classical form
cuāuhtli (eagle)
Names built from Cuauhtli
1 name on this site uses this word.
The Nahuatl words behind the names
Learn twenty of these and most Aztec names decode themselves. Atl is water, tlalli earth, citlalin star, metztli moon, yollotl heart, cuauhtli eagle, xochitl flower.
Back to all Nahuatl and Maya words, or see how they combine in Nahuatl names.