Boy · Nahuatl
Cuauhtémoc
Say it: kwow-TEH-mok
Meaning
Nahuatl, from cuāuh(tli) 'eagle' and a verb meaning 'to descend', usually rendered 'descending eagle' or 'eagle that has come down'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The name of the last Mexica tlatoani, revived as a patriotic given name in Mexico in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,157 babies given this name since 1949
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 44,100 boys
- 21 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Cuauhtemoc, Temo
Famous bearers
- Cuauhtémoc, last Mexica ruler of Tenochtitlan
- Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer
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Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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