Huascar

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Quechua (Andes, South America)

Meaning

a Quechua masculine name meaning golden chain or the chain that holds the sacred sun, derived from Quechua waskhar (chain or rope); the name is most historically significant as the name of Huascar (c. 1503–1532), the legitimate Inca emperor who fought a devastating civil war against his half-brother Atahualpa for control of Tawantinsuyu — the Inca Empire — a civil war that was still unresolved when the Spanish conquistadors arrived under Francisco Pizarro, fatally weakening the Inca's capacity to resist; the golden chain of Inca ritual — a ceremonial chain of solid gold measured to the circumference of the main plaza of Cusco, created to celebrate the birth of Huascar — was said to be so heavy it required hundreds of men to carry it; the name thus connects its bearer to one of the most dramatic and tragic moments in Inca history and to the royal heritage of the last unified Inca state

Gender

male

Also spelled

Waskhar, Waskar