Chicano names

Chicano naming practices formed out of the cultural pride that was established in the Chicano Movement. This motivated some Chicanos to adopt Indigenous Mexican names, often Aztec (or Nahuatl) in origin, for themselves and their children, rather than Spaniard names, which were first imposed onto Indigenous Mexico in the 16th century through the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The other significant development in naming that emerged from the Chicano Movement was to inspire Chicanos not to anglicize their names, maintaining Spanish spellings and pronunciations.