Xóchitl (Mexican Spanish pronunciation: [ˈʃotʃitɬ])[1] is the Hispanicized version of "xōchitl", the Nahuatl word for flower (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈʃoːtʃitɬ]) is a given name that is somewhat common in Mexico and among Chicanos for girls.[2][3] The name has been a common Nahuatl name among Nahuas for hundreds of years. It was recorded on an early-16th century census of the Aztec people in the villages of Huitzillan and Quauchichinollan, where it was found to be the tenth most common name among boys.[4][5] In a 1590 census, the boys name Xōchipepe (flower gatherer) was recorded, as well as the girls' names of Ēlōxōchitl (magnolia), Miyāoaxōchitl (maize tassel flower), and Xīlōxōch (calliandra), which all draw from Xochitl.[6]

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  1. ^ The initial consonant [ʃ] exists only marginally in Mexican Spanish and is often replaced with [s]: [ˈsotʃitɬ].
  2. ^ Delgadillo, Theresa Ann (1999). Exiles, Migrants, Settlers, and Natives: Literary Representations of Chicano/as and Mexicans in the Midwest. Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University. p. 3.
  3. ^ Peña, Manuel (2010-07-22). "The 'Chicano Renaissance'" (eBook). The Mexican American Orquesta: Music, Culture, and the Dialectic of Conflict. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-78610-3.
  4. ^ Cline, S. L. (1993). The Book of Tributes: Early Sixteenth-century Nahuatl Censuses from Morelos (Museo de Antropología E Historia, Archivo Histórico, Colección Antigua, Vol. 549). UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California, Los Angeles. ISBN 978-0-87903-082-7.
  5. ^ Schwaller, John Frederick (1995). "The Book of Tributes: Early Sixteenth-Century Nahuatl Censuses from Morelos. Edited by S.L. Cline. [UCLA Latin American Studies, vol. 81.] (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1993. Pp. xi, 313. Tables. Appendices. Bibliography. $18.95.)". The Americas. 51 (3): 435–436. doi:10.2307/1008234. ISSN 0003-1615. JSTOR 1008234. S2CID 146943228.
  6. ^ Sahagún, Bernardino de; Nicholson, Henry B. (1997). Primeros Memoriales. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2909-9.