Given name · also Spanish
Cuauhtémoc
“One That Has Descended Like an Eagle”
Cuauhtémoc is a masculine given name from Spanish, ultimately from Classical Nahuatl. It is used in English and Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cuauhtémoc goes back to Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtemoc, meaning “One That Has Descended Like an Eagle.”
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Where it comes from
Cuauhtémoc comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Classical Nahuatl.
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How it developed
From Spanish Cuauhtémoc, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtemoc (“One That Has Descended Like an Eagle”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cuauhtémoc’s family of names
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The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Cuauhtémoc
- Cuauhtémoc BlancoMexican association football player and politicianborn 1973
- Cuauhtémoctlatoani of Tenochtitlan1495–1525
- Cuauhtémoc CárdenasMexican politicianborn 1934
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