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Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the
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Ignatius Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Religious * Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop * Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Cath ...
" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan) and Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Variants include the archaic Iñacio, the Italian Ignazio, the German
Ignatz Ignatz is a masculine given name. Notable people with the given name * Ignatz Bubis (1927–1999), German Jewish leader and chairman of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland from 1992 to 1999 * Ignatz Leo Nascher (1863–1944), Austrian-born, ...
, the Basque Iñaki, Iñigo, Eneko, and the diminutives
Nacho Nachos are a Mexican culinary dish consisting of fried tortilla chips or ''totopos'' covered with melted cheese or cheese sauce, as well as a variety of other toppings and garnishes, often including meats (such as ground beef or grilled chicken ...
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Iggy Iggy or Iggie is a unisex name and it is often a hypocorism, short form of the Ancient Rome, Roman Latin names Ignatius, Ignatia (feminine) and Ignatius (masculine), or their derivatives in other European languages. As such the name is derived ulti ...
, and Iggie. Ignacio can refer to:


People

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Ignacio Chávez (disambiguation) Ignacio Chávez may refer to: * Ignacio Chávez (politician), president of Nicaragua in 1891 * Ignacio Chávez Sánchez (1897–1979), Mexican physician, founding member of the Colegio Nacional {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez, Ignacio ...
* Ignacio González (disambiguation) * Ignacio López (disambiguation) ; Arts and entertainment *
Ignacio Aldecoa José Ignacio Aldecoa e Isasi (24 July 1925 – 15 November 1969) was a Spanish writer. He was the nephew of the painter . Biography José Ignacio de Aldecoa e Isasi was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 24 July 1925, the first child of Simón de Aldec ...
, 20th-century Spanish author *
Ignacio Berroa Ignacio Berroa (born July 8, 1953 in Havana, Cuba) is a jazz drummer. In 1980 Ignacio left his country during the Mariel Boatlift, moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet in 1981, becoming the drummer of all the important band G ...
, 20th-21st-century Cuban jazz drummer *
Ignacio Cervantes Ignacio Cervantes Kawanag (Havana, 31 July 1847 – Havana, 29 April 1905) was a Cuban pianist and composer. He was influential in the creolization of Cuban music. A child prodigy, he was taught by pianist Juan Miguel Joval, later by compose ...
Kawanagh, 19th-20th-century Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer * Ignacio Figueredo, 20th-century Venezuelan folk musician *
Ignacio Merino Ignacio Merino Muñoz (30 January 1817 in Piura – 17 March 1876 in Paris) was a Peruvian painter who spent much of his life in Paris. He specialized in historical and costumbrista works. Biography His father, Don José, was a judge, district ...
19th-century Peruvian painter *
Ignacio Piñeiro Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez (May 21, 1888 – March 12, 1969) was a Cuban musician, bandleader and composer whose career started in rumba and flowered in the rise of the son. He was one of the most important composers of son music; in total he ...
Martínez, 19th-20th-century black Cuban musician and composer *
Ignacio Serricchio Ignacio Ariel Serricchio (born April 19, 1982) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar on '' General Hospital'' and as Alejandro "Alex" Chavez on ''The Young and the Restless''. Other roles include Lifetime's ''Witche ...
, 21st-century Argentinian-American actor *
Ignacio Zuloaga Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta (July 26, 1870October 31, 1945) was a Spanish painter, born in Eibar (Guipuzcoa), near the monastery of Loyola. Family He was the son of metalworker and damascener Plácido Zuloaga and grandson of the organizer and ...
y Zabaleta, 19th-20th-century Spanish painter ; Military *
Ignacio Allende Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga (, , ; January 21, 1769 – June 26, 1811), commonly known as Ignacio Allende, was a captain of the Spanish Army in New Spain who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement. He attended the secr ...
(Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga), 19th-century captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico *
Ignacio Elizondo Francisco Ignacio Elizondo Villarreal, (born Salinas Valley, New Kingdom of León, New Spain, March 9, 1766 - died San Marcos, Texas, New Spain, c. September 12, 1813), was a royalist military officer during the Mexican war of independence aga ...
, 18th-19th-century New Leonese royalist general of Spanish and Basque ancestry *
Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (; March 24, 1829September 8, 1862) was a Mexican general and politician. He led the Mexican army of 600 men that defeated 6,500 invading French forces, including the elite French legionnaires at the Battle of Puebla ...
Seguín, 19th-century general in the Mexican army ; Politics *
Chief Ignacio Chief Ignacio (1828–1913) was a chief of the Weeminuche band of the Ute tribe of American Indians, also called the Southern Utes, located in present-day Colorado north of the San Juan River. He led the band through many difficult years in th ...
, a 19th-20th-century leader of the Ute tribe *
Ignacio Bunye Ignacio Rivera Bunye (born April 19, 1945) is a Filipino public official who retired in 2014 as Monetary Board Member of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, a post he held since July 3, 2008. Prior to his appointment as monetary board member, he ...
, 20th-21st-century Filipino politician *
Ignacio Comonfort Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos (; 12 March 1812 – 13 November 1863), known as Ignacio Comonfort, was a Mexican politician and soldier who was also president during one of the most eventful periods in 19th century Mexican history: La ...
, 19th-century Mexican politician and military officer *
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio (; 13 November 1834 – 13 February 1893) was a Mexican radical liberal writer, journalist, teacher and politician. He wrote ''Clemencia'' (1869), which is often considered to be the first modern Mexican novel. ...
Basilio, 19th-century Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician * Ignacio Mier Velazco (born 1961), Mexican politician * Ignacio Walker, Chilean politician ; Religion * Ignacio López de Loyola or
Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, ...
(1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits *
Ignacio Ellacuría Ignacio Ellacuría ( Portugalete, Biscay, Spain, November 9, 1930 – San Salvador, November 16, 1989) was a Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit, philosopher, and theologian who worked as a professor and rector at the Universidad Centroamericana "Jo ...
, 20th-century Jesuit priest *
Ignacio Martín-Baró Ignacio Martín-Baró (November 7, 1942 in Valladolid, Castilla y Leon, Spain – November 16, 1989 in San Salvador, El Salvador) was a scholar, social psychologist, philosopher and Jesuit priest. He was one of the victims of the 1989 murder ...
, 20th-century Spanish scholar, social psychologist, philosopher and Jesuit priest ; Science and technology *
Ignacio Bernal Ignacio Bernal (February 13, 1910 in Paris - January 24, 1992 in Mexico City) was an eminent Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist. Bernal excavated much of Monte Albán, originally starting as a student of Alfonso Caso, and later led major ar ...
, 20th-century Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist *
Ignacio Bolívar Ignacio Bolívar y Urrutia (9 November 1850, Madrid – 19 November 1944, Mexico City) was a Spanish naturalist and entomologist, and one of the founding fathers of Spanish entomology. He helped found the ''Real Sociedad Española de Histor ...
y Urrutia, 19th-20th-century Spanish naturalist and entomologist * Ignacio Rodríguez (programmer), Uruguayan programmer ; Sports * Ignacio Ambríz, 20th-21st-century Mexican football defender *
Ignacio Arroyo (basketball) Ignacio "Nacho" Arroyo Varela is a Chilean professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shoot ...
, Chilean basketball player *
Ignacio Camacho Ignacio Camacho Barnola (; born 4 May 1990) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. An academy graduate at Atlético Madrid, he made his senior debut at the age of 17. He spent the next three years at ...
, 21st-century Spanish footballer for Atlético Madrid *
Ignacio Corleto Ignacio Saul ("Nani") Corleto (born June 21, 1978 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine rugby union player. He played as a fullback. Club career He began his rugby career in the local Club Universitario de Buenos Aires, known as CUBA, where he p ...
, 21st-century Argentine Rugby Union footballer * Ignacio Escamilla, 20th-century Mexican freestyle swimmer *
Ignacio Fragoso Ignacio Fragoso Galindo (born February 6, 1968) is a retired male long-distance runner from Mexico. Career He set his personal best in the men's 5,000 metres event (13:59.48) on June 5, 1993 at a meet in Seville, Spain Seville (; ...
, 20th-century Mexican long-distance runner * Ignacio Gabari, 21st-century Spanish professional racecar driver *
Ignacio Garrido Ignacio Garrido (born 27 March 1972) is a Spanish professional golfer. He is the eldest son of Antonio Garrido who won five times on the European Tour and who played in the 1979 Ryder Cup. His uncle, Germán Garrido, also has won on the Europea ...
, 20th-century Spanish professional golfer * Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo, or
Nacho Novo Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo (; born 26 March 1979) is a Spanish former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Novo is currently an assistant coach for USL League One side Lexington SC, as well as ...
, 20th-21st-century Spanish footballer * Ignacio Risso Thomasset, 20th-21st-century Uruguayan footballer * Ignacio Rodríguez (footballer), 20th-century Mexican football goalkeeper *
Ignacio Rodríguez (basketball) Ignacio "Nacho" Rodríguez Marín (born 2 September 1970) is a former Spanish professional basketball player. Professional career Born in Málaga, Rodríguez played most of his career with the teams Spanish professional Liga ACB teams Unicaja Má ...
Marín, 20th-21st-century Spanish basketball player *
Ignacio Scocco Ignacio "Nacho" Martín Scocco (; born 29 May 1985) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who last played as a forward for Newell's Old Boys. He has also played for clubs in Mexico, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, England and Brazil ...
, 21st-century Argentine footballer * Ignacio Fernández (footballer), 21st-century Argentine footballer *
Ignacio Trelles Ignacio Trelles Campos (31 July 1916 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican football player and manager. As a player with Club Necaxa, they won three Mexican championships. Later he coached amongst others the Mexico national team. A seasoned and d ...
, 20th-century Mexican football player and coach * Ignacio Vázquez (footballer, born 1971), 20th-century Mexican footballer * Ignacio Vázquez (footballer, born 1971) Barba, 20th-21st-century Mexican footballer *
Ignacio Zoco Ignacio Zoco Esparza (31 July 1939 – 28 September 2015) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He spent 12 years of his professional career with Real Madrid, appearing in more than 400 official matches and winning ten ...
Esparza, 20th-century Spanish footballer ; Other *
Ignacio Anaya Ignacio Anaya García (15 August 1895 – 9 November 1975) was a Mexican maître d' who invented the popular Tex-Mex dish nachos at the Victory Club restaurant a couple miles from the border of Texas in Mexico in 1943. After nachos grew in p ...
, 20th-century inventor of nachos * Hermenegildo Ignacio Peralta, 18th-19th-century Spanish settler in California *
Ignacio Ramonet Ignacio Ramonet Miguez (born 5 May 1943) is a Spanish academic, journalist and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, he became editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde diplomatiq ...
, 20th-century Spanish journalist and writer *
Ignacio Ramos Ignacio Ramos is a former United States Border Patrol Agent, who was convicted of shooting an unarmed illegal alien and drug smuggler on the United States–Mexico border. He was convicted of causing serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly ...
, 20th-21st-century former United States Border Patrol Agent


Fictional characters

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Ignacio Suarez Ignacio Suarez is a fictional character in the American dramedy series ''Ugly Betty'', portrayed by Tony Plana. Background Ignacio Suarez is the father of both Betty and her sister Hilda, and grandfather to Hilda's son Justin. Ignacio used to be ...
, on the television show ''
Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombi ...
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Nacho Varga Ignacio "Nacho" Varga is a fictional character who appears in the AMC television series ''Better Call Saul'', a prequel spin-off of ''Breaking Bad''. He is portrayed by Michael Mando and was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Dialog ...
, on the television show ''
Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, ''Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...
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