Atahualpa
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Quechua; atau 'dicha, ventura' + huallpa 'ave': 'ave de la fortuna' (Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios)
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: Þjóðskrá Íslands, 2026
/at̪awalpa/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Atahualpa is a male given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Argentina.
- ECEcuador
- VEVenezuela
- PEPeru
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
How to pronounce Atahualpa
- Spanish:/at̪awalpa/(machine-generated) model-generated
Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Quechua; atau 'dicha, ventura' + huallpa 'ave': 'ave de la fortuna'.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Atahualpa is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, N. American people
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Incan king
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Atal<apa
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ave de la fortuna
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Atahualpa del Cioppob. 1904UYUruguayan writer (1904-1993)
- Atahualpa Gonzálezb. 1978CRCosta Rican association football player
- Atahualpa Severinob. 1984DODominican Republic baseball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)20 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Atahualpa mean, and where does it come from?
- Quechua; atau 'dicha, ventura' + huallpa 'ave': 'ave de la fortuna'. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- How do you pronounce Atahualpa?
- In Spanish /at̪awalpa/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Atahualpa a male or female name?
- Atahualpa is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Uruguay (INE Uruguay).
- In which country does Atahualpa have the most bearers?
- Atahualpa is most frequently recorded in Argentina.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/atahualpaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
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Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Atahualpa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.