At a Glance
- Meaning
- Lord or ruler
- Origin
- Mayan
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- ah-HOW
Ahau is a Mayan unisex name meaning “lord or ruler”. It appears in our list of 175+ Baby Names That Mean Dark or Night — Mysterious, Moody, and Magnetic.
Meaning & Origin of Ahau
Meaning: Lord or ruler.
Origin: Mayan.
A common claim: Ahau is a Polynesian name meaning 'spirit of the night'. Actually: Ahau is a Mayan title meaning 'lord' or 'king', not a Polynesian name meaning 'spirit of the night'.
Source: Wikipedia, Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Ahau
ah-HOWIPA /ɑːˈhaʊ/
Popularity of Ahau
Ahau doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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