What Nezahualcóyotl means
Nezahualcóyotl is a boy name of Nahuatl (Aztec) origin meaning "fasting coyote". It is built from nezahualli (fasting, the collar worn while fasting) and coyōtl (coyote). It is pronounced neh-sah-wahl-KOH-yohtl.
Poet-king of Texcoco (1402-1472), engineer of the Tenochtitlan aqueduct and author of famous Nahuatl poems. Given as a first name to boys in central Mexico, and it is a city in the State of Mexico.
Spellings and variants: Nezahualcoyotl, Netzahualcóyotl.
Nicknames in Mexico: Neza. See the guide to Mexican nicknames.
Popularity: known but uncommon in Mexico.
Related meanings: royalty, wisdom, animal.
Nezahualcóyotl is one of the indigenous names that Mexican parents have brought back over the last thirty years. Read about Nahuatl (Aztec) names and how they are built.
