Baby name
Ameyal
/ah · meh · YAHL/
Meaning
“Spring of water”
From the Nahuatl word ameyalli, meaning a spring or a place where water wells up; the word passed into Mexican Spanish with the same meaning.
How it ages.
Distinctive and nature-rooted, a name that stands out without being hard for English or Spanish speakers to say.
The cultural moment.
Rare; the underlying Nahuatl word for a spring is mostly chosen by families in Mexico drawn to Nahuatl nature names.