What Ixchel means
Ixchel is a girl name of Maya origin meaning "lady rainbow". It is built from ix (lady, female prefix) and chel (rainbow). It is pronounced eesh-CHEL.
Maya goddess of the moon, weaving, medicine and childbirth, with a shrine on Cozumel. The 'rainbow' reading of chel is conventional but debated. A common girls' name in Mexico.
About this meaning. The etymology is uncertain or disputed. The reading above is the best-supported one; popular baby-name sites often give a more romantic gloss that the dictionaries do not confirm.
Spellings and variants: Ixchell, Ix Chel.
Popularity: a common name in Mexico.
Related meanings: mythology, moon, healing, rain.
Ixchel 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.
