Mexican Name Finder

Indigenous surname · Nahuatl

Mixcoatl

"cloud serpent"

Say it

meesh-KOH-ahtl

Built from

mixtlicloud+cōātlserpent

Meaning of the surname Mixcoatl

Mixcoatl is a Nahuatl surname of the indigenous type meaning "cloud serpent". It is an uncommon surname in Mexico. Name of the Aztec hunting god; survives as a surname in central Mexico.

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 Mixcoatl appears as either half of a pair: Mixcoatl García, López Mixcoatl. Read how the two-surname system works.

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