Ixta Family History
Ixta Name Meaning
Amerindian (Mexico): from a variant or an altered form of Nahuatl (Aztec) izta ‘salt’ also ‘white’ or perhaps derived from Nahuatl ixtli ‘face’. In the Aztec legend Ixta is a short form of the name of a princess turned into the Iztaccíhuatl (‘white woman’) volcano. Compare Popoca .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022