Meaning of the surname Cuautle
Cuautle is a Nahuatl surname of the indigenous type meaning "eagle". It is a regional surname. Very common around Puebla and Tlaxcala. Some derive it instead from cuahuitl (tree); etymology uncertain.
About this meaning. The etymology is uncertain or the popular reading is folk etymology. The page gives the best-supported explanation.
Maya surnames from Yucatán and Campeche (Pech, Canul, Chan, Ek, May, Uc, Poot, Tun) and Nahuatl surnames from central Mexico. Yucatán is the one region of Mexico where indigenous surnames dominate the top of the list.
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Cuautle appears as either half of a pair: Cuautle García, López Cuautle. Read how the two-surname system works.