Man hycgð ðe þæs landes nama is of þæm Nahuatl gereorde. In þæm tunge is nic-anahuac, se is ""Anahuac fæl swa feorr"", oððe ""Nahuas cwōmon swa feorr"", oððe ""Menn of Anahuac cwōmon swa feorr"". Ēac in þæm gereorde is nican-nahua, se is ""Hēr sind Nahuas"", and nic-atl-nahuac, se is ""Hēr be wæter"" oððe ""be wæter ymbesetted"".