Kammala jumla mai zuwa: "Wajxaklajun" na nufin "goma sha takwas" a cikin yaren Chuj; an fassara wannan a matsayin wanda ya samo asali daga shafin da ya ƙunshi tuddai goma sha takwas. Wannan fassarar zamani ce duk da haka, kuma yana yiwuwa sunan ya samo asali ne daga sunan kalandar Maya. An yi rikodin sunan da ya fi tsayi a matsayin Chonjab 'Tepan Wajxaklajun; wannan ya fassara a matsayin "gari da haikalin goma sha takwas", daga "chonhap"' "gari", da "tepan" "coci". Sauran sunaye ga shafin sun hada da Yolk'u (ma'ana "a rana") da El Calvario, wani lokacin ana yin kwangila zuwa Carvao, ko Curvao. A lokacin da
Bayan mamayar Mutanen Espanya na Guatemala, an ba Wajxaklajun sunan Nahuatl "Ystapalan" (ma'ana "wurin gishiri"); wannan daga baya aka canza shi zuwa "Ystatlan" ("yawan gishiri" a cikin Nahuatl).