About mayan names
Glottal-sounding clusters of X, K, and tz give results like "Xpiayoc" and "Xquiq" their stone-carved feel, while compounds such as "Ah-Xoc-Xin" carry the traditional Ah prefix. These belong on dynasty lists for jungle city-states, codex-flavored fantasy, or historical fiction around Tikal and Chichen Itza. Single elements work well for commoners, compounds for rulers and priests.
How mayan names are built
Each result is a single whole name, not a join: males come from a 162-entry bank and females from a 58-entry bank. Because names are kept intact, output can be a multi-word form such as Kʼinich Tatbʼu Jol III or a short form like Bahlam Tzam, and many female names carry a Lady or Ix prefix as stored, as in Lady Mut Bahlam and Lady Ikom, while others like Chac Chel stand bare.
Kʼinich Tatbʼu Jol III
Kʼinich Tatbʼu Jol III (whole male name)
Lady Wak Jalam Chan Ajaw
Lady Wak Jalam Chan Ajaw (whole female name)
Lady Ikom
Lady Ikom (whole female name)
Naming notes
Both patterns are whole-name lookups with no assembly. Many female entries are stored with a Lady or Ix prefix and male entries without, so the prefix, when present, marks the female bank. The glottal-stop apostrophe (ʼ in Kʼinich, Ekʼ) and multi-word forms with ordinals are kept whole as stored.
Questions about mayan names
- Why do many female names start with Lady?
- Many female entries are stored with a Lady or Ix prefix, while male entries are not, so the prefix marks a female-bank name; other female entries like Chac Chel carry no prefix at all.
- What is the apostrophe inside names like Kʼinich?
- The glottal-stop mark, kept exactly as the source spells the name; it is part of the stored token, not added punctuation.
- Why do some names include numbers like III?
- Many male entries are stored as multi-word forms that include an ordinal, and they are returned whole rather than trimmed.