a person's name (attested as male); the title of a person associated with the tecpan or perhaps the neighborhood surrounding it; sometimes there is a confusion between this term and Tepanecatl, a person of a certain ethnicity of prehispanic origins, connected to the Chichimecas and associated with the northern part of the basin of Mexico, whose principal altepetl was Azcapotzalco
ytoca tecpanecatl = named Tecpanecatl (Cuernavaca region, ca. 1540s)
Tomás Tecpanecatl = a personal name, attested male, a Mexica, arrested in Mexico City for protesting rising tributes in July 1564
yn texeda quinavati yn notlatzi catca tecpanecatl Quauhchocholouatzin ynic nechpiliz nocuen yn ayac nechcuiliz = Tejeda le notificó a mi tío difunto Tecpanecatl Quechocholouatzin para que me cuidara mi tierra y nadie me lo arrebatara (Tlaxcala, 1563)