Had no clue Panache,

Looked it up and found this.

The beautiful San Francisco Peaks were named in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. It was the teachings of St. Francis that inspired the practice of 'traveling' friars. Francis also taught that nature was to be observed and admired. In this vast desert of New Spain, the Peaks stood out as an oasis of hope and inspiration. When the Franciscan monks established Spanish missions in the Hopi villages of Northern Arizona, they named the jagged holy mountain after the 13th Century friar

Makes sense, they've very prominant in the area. Every different Indian tribe has a name for them and they are often part of origin stories.

Also found this:

The following are names and views of one set of Sacred Peaks in Arizona:

Dine' Doko'oo'sliid, "the place where snow never melts."

Hopi Nuva-tu-ka-ovi, "place of snow on the very top", the home of the kachina spirits

Acoma Tsii Bina, "protection shrine"

Apache Dzil Tso, "big mountain", the place where adolescent girls ascend into womanhood in the Sunrise Ceremony

Havasupai Wikagana pa'dja, "snowy mountain", the origin of humans

Hualapai Wik' hanbaja, "snowy mountain"

Yavapai Wimonogaw'a, "cold mountain"

Zuni Sunha K'yabachu Yalanne, "mountain with the volcanic water caches"

They mean the San Francisco Peaks

Ron