originally, "inhabitant of Tula," but this came to mean skilled "craftsman, artisan," dropping the ethnic designation
also, a personal name, attested in Mexico City in 1558
in toltecatl tlamachtilli, toli, centzon, aman. In qualli toltecatl, mozcaliani, mozcalia, mimati, moiolnonotzani tlalnamiquini In qualli toltecatl tlaiollopauiani, tlapaccachioani, tlaiuianchioani, tlamauhcachioa toltecati tlatlalia, tlahimati, tlaiocoia tlauipana, tlapopotia, tlananamictia = The craftsman [is] well instructed, [he is] an artisan. There were many of them. The good craftsman [is] able, discreet, prudent, resourceful, retentive. The good craftsman [is] a willing worker, patient, calm. He works with care, he makes works of skill; he constructs, prepares, arranges, orders, fits, matches [materials]. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Domingo Toltecatl (nombre de una persona indígena en la región de Tlaxcala, 1572)