Cuauhtlatoa (Mdz19r)

Berdan and Anawalt interpret this personal name to mean "Speaking Eagle," which fits what we see, as would "The Eagle Speaks" (a sentence). The definition of tlatoa/tlahtoa also includes the birdsongs. Since this is an eagle, perhaps it means the eagle chirps, the eagle cries, or the eagle calls. One can hear 10 hours of eagle sounds on YouTube. Eagles were associated with war, so another possibility is to reference a war cry.

Popular belief is that the saint Juan Diego, who witnessed the apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe, had the name Cuauhtlatoatzin. But other sources mention other, elite, ruling men with the name Quauhtlatoa or Cuauhtlatoa (Cuauhtlahtoa). Chimalpahin described him as the son of Prince Acolmiztli of Tlatelolco, grandson of the King Tlacateotl, and great-grandson of Quaquapitzahuac. He succeeded his grandfather as king, but he was killed by the Tenochca. (Note that the contextualizing image, below, right, shows his eyes closed, which suggests that he is remembered here as deceased already. And he wears a xihuitzolli, a Native crown.) He is depicted in the Codex Teleriano-Remensis (folio 33 verso) as a warrior, with a macuahuitl (obsidian-studded club) and a chimalli (shield). In that image, the speech scroll has three curls.