Zyanya means '"always" or " forever'' in the old Zapotec-Nahuatl language of Mexico, before the Spanish Conquest.
In addition, the key female character is named Zyanya in
one of the most historical books of all time named “Aztec,” by Gary Jennings. The name is from an Aztec tribe called the Cloud People. Zyanya was the daughter of the
king and queen.