Mexican Name Finder

Indigenous surname · Nahuatl

Ocelotl

"jaguar"

Say it

oh-SEH-lohtl

Where it comes from

ōcēlōtl (jaguar)

Meaning of the surname Ocelotl

Ocelotl is a Nahuatl surname of the indigenous type meaning "jaguar". It is an uncommon surname in Mexico. Among the Nahua surnames still in use in Puebla.

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

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