Entry № 2074 · Nahuatl origin

Citlali Citlali — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ see-TLAH-lee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Nahuatl
Meaning
"Star"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Nahuatl)

A name that means "star".

Citlali comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and means a star.

Bright and rooted, Citlali is a star with deep native soil.

Star — a name from the Aztec sky.

The name in its native script.

Citlali
Transliteration
Citlali
Pronunciation
/ siːtˈlɑː.li /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Citlali stands.

Citlali does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Citlalis before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Citlali
Common in Mexican fiction.

Names connected to Citlali.

The number behind Citlali.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Citlali reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.