Meztli

A girls’ name of Nahuatl origin, meaning moon.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Meztli by the numbers

Meztli was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Meztli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Metztlimoon20 in the US (2017)
  • Meilibeautiful and graceful3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Metzlimoon7 in the US (2017)
  • Meyli7 in the US (2017)
  • Medli5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the moon

Like Meztli, each of these has the moon in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
  • Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Selenamoon goddess; a form of Selene1,296 in the US (2017)
  • Kamarithe moon; Arabic origin674 in the US (2017)
  • Selenemoon goddess289 in the US (2017)
  • Cindymoon; a diminutive of Cynthia230 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Meztli

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