Tikal may have come to have been called this because Dos Pilas also came to use the same emblem glyph; the rulers of the city presumably wanted to distinguish themselves as the first city to bear the name.
Tikal pode ter sido chamado así porque Dos Pilas tamén usou o mesmo glifo de emblema, os gobernantes da cidade presumiblemente querían distinguirse como a primeira cidade en levar o nome.