What Yatziri means
Yatziri is a girl name of Maya origin meaning "flower of the dew". It comes from no attested Maya or Zapotec parts; the popular gloss 'flor del rocío' is unsupported. It is pronounced yaht-SEE-ree.
Origin uncertain: sites call it Maya, others Zapotec; it appears in no colonial dictionary and is a modern coinage. Popular in Mexico since the 2000s.
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: Yatziry, Yatzirí.
Popularity: a common name in Mexico.
Related meanings: flower, water, nature.
Yatziri 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.
