the name of a female divine force of water; the name of a Mexica ruler; and a name taken by Nahua householders in various provincial communities (see attestations)
Ynic ome ytoca chalchiuhtlatonac ynin yevatl quinhualquixti. ompa quinhualpachotia. Ynic ompa hualquizque huallolinque yancuic mexico aztlan quinehuayan chicomoztoc yn mexica. tenochca. = The second was named Chalchiuhtlatonac; he brought them out and came governing them as the Mexica Tenochca left and set out in this direction from New Mexico, Aztlan Quinehuayan Chicomoztoc.
Chalchiuhtlatonac was a son of Itzcoatzin, ruler of Tenochtitlan, who sent him to Apan to be a ruler there; and from him Mexican noblemen were born in Apan
Auh in axcan ma itech ximaxiti in monantzin in chalchiuhtli icue, in chalchiuhtlatonac = And now arrive with thy mother, Chalchiuhtli icue, Chalchiuhtlatonac (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
ma itech ximaxiti in monantzin, in chalchivitl icue, in chalchiuhtlatonac = "My Son, approach your mother, the goddess of water called Chalchiuhtlicue o Chalchiuhtlatonac."
domjngo chalchiuhtlatonac [name of a Nahua male householder]
Auh in yehuantin Teomamaque quinotzque in yehuatl in tetiachcauh in quinyacana inintlatocauh Azteca Mexitin initoca catca Chalchiuhtlatonac = Y los teomamas llamaron a su hermano mayor, a quien les acaudillaba y era rey de los mexicanos, cuyo nombre era el de Chalchiuhtlatonac [Y ellos, los teomamas, le llamaron a él, el hermano mayor de ellos, el que les acaudilla, el rey de los aztecas, de los mexicanos, que era de nombre Chalchiuhtlatonac] (centra de Mexico, s. XVII)