Kings and Queens of Texcoco

About a year ago, I did threads analyzing the names of Mexica kings and queens. I’ve been asked to do the same for the Tetzcohca royalty (the rulers of Tetzcohco or “Texcoco,” one of the three seats of power in the Triple Alliance or “Aztec Empire”).

Okay, let’s do this!

Tetzcohco (Texcoco) was founded by a Chichimec chieftain, Quinatzin Tlāltecatzin. His first name does not appear to be Nahuatl (though it bears the reverential suffix). If we look at his name glyph, however, we see that it apparently meant “growling deer.”