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I had several excellent students in Mexico who had this name, which they usualy pronounced eek-SELL, as the "sh" sound is not common in Spanish. I have heard Mexican-Americans with this name pronounce it eek-SHEL. I'm sorry that I do not have good middle names to offer at the moment, although I would recommend names whose meanings go well with the "rainbow Goddess", perhaps sky, bright, colorful, rain, earth, water, beautiful, etc.

Ixchel Genevieve
Ixchel Rosalind
Ixchel Garnet
Ixchel Naira
Ixchel Henrietta

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See any you like? These are just the first ones I thought of.

Interesting. I would have thought it was a boy's name. But now that I know I'm really getting into it for a girl. Love the snake imagery.

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I'm glad you gave us a pronunciation guide. But I'm still a little nervous and would love to hear from someone who really knows how it's supposed to be pronounced. I know that Uxia is "oo-SHEE-uh," but that's Basque. Native Central American names tend to keep the "ks / x" sound, don't they? I had a client whose last name was Ixtacui (sp?), pronounced "IKS-tah-kwee." (Great surname, huh?) But in the absense of anything certain, I'll go with your way for Ixchel. It certainly is a lovely sound.

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How about:

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Ixchel Arianna
Ixchel Mireya / Mireia
Ixchel Natalia
Ixchel Victoria
Ixchel Monserrat (not for the feint of heart, I admit)
Ixchel Dolores
Ixchel Tatiana
Ixchel Daphne
Ixchel Martine
Ixchel Dominique
Ixchel Mariana
Ixchel Noemi
Ixchel Raphaela / Rafaela (too much "el" sound, perhaps?)
Ixchel Cassandra
Ixchel Benvenida

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