Ignacio is a male
Spanish name originating in the
Latin
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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
* Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople, Ignati ...
" from ''ignis'' "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
Ignatius of Loyola ( ; ; ; ; born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Basques, Basque Spaniard Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six compa ...
. Variants include the archaic Iñacio, the Italian
Ignazio, the German
Ignatz, the Catalan Ignasi, the Basque
Iñaki,
Iñigo,
Eneko, and the
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
s
Nacho/Natxo,
Iggy, and Iggie.
Ignacio can refer to:
People
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Ignacio Chávez (disambiguation)
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Ignacio González (disambiguation)
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Ignacio López (disambiguation)
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Ignacio Rodríguez (disambiguation)
; Arts and entertainment
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Ignacio Aldecoa, 20th-century Spanish author
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Ignacio Berroa, 20th-21st-century Cuban jazz drummer
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Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh, 19th-20th-century Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer
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Ignacio Figueredo, 20th-century Venezuelan folk musician
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Ignacio Merino, 19th-century Peruvian painter
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Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez, 19th-20th-century black Cuban musician and composer
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Ignacio Serricchio, 21st-century Argentinian-American actor
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Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, 19th-20th-century Spanish painter
; Military
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Ignacio Allende (Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga), 19th-century captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico
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Ignacio Elizondo, 18th-19th-century New Leonese royalist general of Spanish and Basque ancestry
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Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, 19th-century general in the Mexican army
; Politics
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Chief Ignacio, a 19th-20th-century leader of the Ute tribe
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Ignacio Bunye, 20th-21st-century Filipino politician
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Ignacio Comonfort, 19th-century Mexican politician and military officer
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Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio, 19th-century Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician
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Ignacio Mier Velazco (born 1961), Mexican politician
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Ignacio Romaní Cantera, Spanish politician
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Ignacio Walker, Chilean politician
; Religion
* Ignacio López de Loyola or
Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits
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Ignacio Ellacuría
Ignacio Ellacuría (November 9, 1930 – November 16, 1989) was a Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit, philosopher, and theology, theologian who worked as a professor and Rector (academia), rector at the Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Ca ...
, 20th-century Jesuit priest
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Ignacio Martín-Baró, 20th-century Spanish scholar, social psychologist, philosopher and Jesuit priest
; Science and technology
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Ignacio Bernal, 20th-century Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist
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Ignacio Bolívar y Urrutia, 19th-20th-century Spanish naturalist and entomologist
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Ignacio Rodríguez (programmer), Uruguayan programmer
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Ignacio Prati (it project manager), Argentinian IT guru
; Sports
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Ignacio Ambríz, 20th-21st-century Mexican football defender
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Ignacio Arroyo (basketball), Chilean basketball player
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Ignacio Camacho, 21st-century Spanish footballer for Atlético Madrid
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Ignacio Corleto, 21st-century Argentine Rugby Union footballer
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Ignacio Escamilla, 20th-century Mexican freestyle swimmer
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Ignacio Fragoso, 20th-century Mexican long-distance runner
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Ignacio Gabari, 21st-century Spanish professional racecar driver
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Ignacio Garrido, 20th-century Spanish professional golfer
* Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo, or
Nacho Novo, 20th-21st-century Spanish footballer
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Ignacio Risso Thomasset, 20th-21st-century Uruguayan footballer
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Ignacio Rodríguez (footballer, born 1956), 20th-century Mexican football goalkeeper
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Ignacio Rodríguez (basketball) Marín, 20th-21st-century Spanish basketball player
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Ignacio Scocco, 21st-century Argentine footballer
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Ignacio Fernández (footballer), 21st-century Argentine footballer
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Ignacio Trelles, 20th-century Mexican football player and coach
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Ignacio Vázquez (footballer, born 1971), 20th-century Mexican footballer
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Ignacio Vázquez (footballer, born 1971) Barba, 20th-21st-century Mexican footballer
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Ignacio Zoco Esparza, 20th-century Spanish footballer
; Other
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Ignacio Anaya, 20th-century inventor of nachos
* Hermenegildo
Ignacio Peralta, 18th-19th-century Spanish settler in California
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Ignacio Ramonet, 20th-century Spanish journalist and writer
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Ignacio Ramos, 20th-21st-century former United States Border Patrol Agent
Fictional characters
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Ignacio Suarez, on the television show ''
Ugly Betty
''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 28, 2006, to April 14, 2010. It is based on the Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea' ...
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Nacho Varga, on the television show ''
Better Call Saul''
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Friar Ignacio, from the movie ''
Nacho Libre''
References
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Spanish masculine given names
Masculine given names