Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yawancin sunayen biranen Guatemala sun ƙunshi ɗayan abubuwa biyu: sunan wani tsarkaka na Katolika don bauta wa ranar da aka kafa garin ko bayanin da ke da tushen Náhuatl. Wadannan tasirin sun kasance ne saboda sojojin da ke karkashin umarnin Pedro de Alvarado wanda
sun mamaye yankin a 1520. Waɗannan sojojin sun haɗa da sojojin Spain da 'yan asalin Tlaxcaltecs.