A male honoree celebrating a fifteenth birthday in the corresponding tradition is traditionally called a quinceañero.
The word is the masculine counterpart of quinceañera, which commonly identifies both the girl and, by extension, the celebration. Both terms derive from quince, meaning “fifteen,” and the Spanish suffix associated with a person or role.
In many Spanish-speaking communities, the feminine form remains far more widely recognized because the celebration historically centered on a girl’s formal transition into young womanhood. Families may nevertheless adapt the event for boys, using quinceañero or choosing a more contemporary birthday format.
A quinceañero is different from a chambelán. A chambelán is an attendant in the honoree’s court, while the quinceañero is the person whose fifteenth birthday is being celebrated.