Quetzally

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

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

Quetzally by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Quetzally

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Quetzalyfeathered serpent; variant of Quetzal30 in the US (2017)
  • Quetzalliquetzal feather; precious23 in the US (2017)
  • Quetzalthe quetzal bird; precious feather5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Quetzally

Names that are said the same way as Quetzally, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Quetzally

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