Entry № 4312 · Nahuatl origin

Mayahuel Mayahuel — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-yah-WEL /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Nahuatl
Meaning
"Aztec goddess of the maguey (mother of 400 rabbits)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Nahuatl)

A name that means "aztec goddess of the maguey (mother of 400 rabbits)".

Mayahuel is the Aztec goddess of the maguey (agave) plant — patroness of fertility and intoxication, from whose plant comes pulque (and modern tequila and mezcal). *Mother of the Centzon Totochtin, the "400 Rabbits" who are the gods of drunkenness.* Originally a celestial maiden who escaped from her terrible grandmother with the god Quetzalcoatl — when caught and torn apart, her body became the first maguey plants.

Featured in the Florentine Codex and the Codex Borgia.

Aztec goddess of the maguey. Mother of the 400 Rabbits — the gods of drunkenness.

The name in its native script.

Mayahuel
Transliteration
Mayahuel
Pronunciation
/ ˌmɑː.jɑːˈwɛl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mayahuel stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Mayahuel · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Mayahuels before her.

Real people
Mayahuel
Aztec goddess.
In fiction
Mayahuel
Featured in the Florentine Codex.

Names connected to Mayahuel.

The number behind Mayahuel.

7

The Seeker

Mayahuel reduces to seven — the number of maguey goddess.

Why families chose this name.

"Aztec maguey-goddess. Eight letters. Mayahuel."
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