Quetzally
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keht-SAHL-lee
Quetzally is a girls' name, meaning “precious feather”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Quetzally mean?
Spelling of Quetzalli; Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs
“precious feather”
The quetzal bird's long green tail feathers were prized by the Aztecs, and quetzalli came to mean something precious.
Meaning borrowed from Quetzalli.
Is Quetzally a girl's or a boy's name?
Quetzally is a girls' name.
How popular is Quetzally in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Quetzally in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quetzally in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Names like Quetzally
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everly, Emery, Emberly, Bellamy, Klarity, Ailany, Legacy, Royalty, Murphy, Kennedy, Blakely, Elowyn
Names related to Quetzally
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Quetzally: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quetzally, updated 20 October 2026.