Girl · Nahuatl
Xóchitl
Say it: SOH-cheel
Meaning
Nahuatl xōchitl 'flower'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Nahuatl word and personal name element of central Mexico, revived as a given name in 20th-century Mexico.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 5,124 babies given this name since 1955
- At its height in 2004, about 1 in 9,600 girls
- 117 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Xochitl
Famous bearers
- Xóchitl Gálvez, Mexican politician
Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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