Meaning: Star
The story
Citlali is a spelling variant of Citlalli, from the Nahuatl word for star. Its celestial meaning is linguistic, with the doubled-l spelling preserving another common written form.
Nicknames
- Citla
- Lali
Spellings & variants
- Citlalli
- Citlaly
- Xitlali
Popularity
Uncommon
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
Origins
Citlali comes from Nahuatl.
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Radiance; lightning, in the RENIEC Quechua account
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Beloved; the constellation’s name separately means keel
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Moon, when used as the Quechua spelling of Killa
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