Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yawancin sunayen biranen Guatemala sun ƙunshi ɗayan abubuwa biyu: sunan tsarkakan Katolika don yin sujada a ranar da aka kafa garin ko kuma bayanin da ke da tushen Náhuatl. Wadannan tasirin sun kasance ne saboda sojojin da ke karkashin umarnin Pedro de Alvarado wadanda suka mamaye yankin
a shekara ta 1520. Waɗannan sojojin sun haɗa da sojojin Spain da 'yan asalin Tlaxcaltecs.