Oceloxochi (MH844r)

Quite a few women in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco are not given name glyphs, many just have a first name, too, or else a birth-order name, which this page of the Matrícula de Huexotzinco illustrates. This phenomenon of naming patterns for men vs. women has been a subject of study by such scholars as Rebecca Horn (see: “Gender and Social Identity,” in Indian Women of Early Mexico, eds. Schroeder, Wood, and Haskett, 1999, 105). From the MH, we see that many men have the calendrical name Ocelotl, but not women, and there was a name for Jaguar Warrior (as in Moceloquich) given to some males. In this case, there is indeed a flower called oceloxochitl, known for its singular beauty, according to Clavijero (1780). “Xoch” is a part of many women’s names, much more so than for men, although men also had flower names.