Xóchitl ( Mexican ) is the

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version of " xōchitl", the

Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...

word for ''flower'' (). It is a

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that is somewhat common in

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and among

Chicanos Chicano (masculine form) or Chicana (feminine form) is an ethnic identity for Mexican Americans that emerged from the Chicano Movement. In the 1960s, ''Chicano'' was widely reclaimed among Hispanics in the building of a movement toward politic ...

. The name has been a common

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among

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for hundreds of years. It was recorded on an early-16th century census of the

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in the villages of Huitzillan and Quauchichinollan, where it was found to be the tenth most common name among boys. In a 1590 census, the boys name Xōchipepe (flower gatherer) was recorded, as well as the girls' names of Ēlōxōchitl (

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), Miyāoaxōchitl (maize tassel flower), and Xīlōxōch (

calliandra ''Calliandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Description ...

), which all draw from ''Xochitl''.

People

* Xochitl (), Toltec queen and wife of Tecpancaltzin Iztaccaltzin *

Xochitl Castañeda Xochitl Castañeda is a Mexican-American public health official and the founding director of the Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) at the School of Public Health of the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). Education Castañeda was ed ...

, founding director of the

Health Initiative of the Americas The Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA; Spanish: ''Iniciativa de Salud de las Américas'', ISA) is a Latino program focusing mainly on migrant and immigrant health issues. It is part of the School of Public Health at the University of Califo ...

* Xochitl Dominguez Benetton (born 1980), Mexican scientist *

Xóchitl Escobedo Maria Xóchitl Escobedo Alcalde (born September 17, 1968) is a retired female tennis player from Mexico, who represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She reached a career-high singles ranking on November 20, 1989 ...

(born 1968), a retired female tennis player from Mexico * Xóchitl Gálvez (born 1963), Mexican politician and businesswoman * Xochitl Gomez (born 2006), an American actress *

Xochitl Gonzalez Xochitl Gonzalez (, ; born 1977) is an American writer. In 2022, she published her debut novel '' Olga Dies Dreaming'' which became a ''New York Times'' Best Seller on January 30, 2022. In 2021, she began writing the newsletter "Brooklyn, Ever ...

(born 1977), American writer and producer *

Xóchitl Hamada is a Japanese Mexican semi-retired '' Luchadora'' or professional wrestler. She is the daughter of Japanese professional wrestler Gran Hamada, the sister of wrestler Ayako Hamada and the sister-in-law of Tiger Mask IV. Hamada was once married ...

(born 1970), a semi-retired Mexican-Japanese

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* Xóchitl Montes de Oca (born 1971), a Mexican politician * Xóchitl Sánchez (born 1973), a Mexican luchadora known by the

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Tiffany * Xochitl Torres Small (born 1984), American water attorney who represented

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district New Mexico's 2nd congressional district serves the southern half of New Mexico, including Las Cruces, New Mexico, Las Cruces, and the southern fourth of Albuquerque. It is currently represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Gab ...

Xóchitl Ugarte Xóchitl Ugarte Fonseca (born April 21, 1979) is a Mexican voice actress. She is best known as the Latin American Spanish voice of Misty in ''Pokémon'', Eris in a later dub of ''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'', Emily in Thomas and ...

(born 1979), a Mexican voice actress

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People

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