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Ignacio

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Ignacio
PronunciationSpanish: [iɣˈnaθjo] (Spain)
Spanish: [iɣˈnasjo] (Latin America)
GenderMale
Language(s)Spanish, Galician
Other gender
FeminineIgnacia
Origin
Word/nameSpanish and Galician
Meaning"fire"
Other names
Related namesIgnatius, Nacho

Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating in the Latin name "Ignatius" from ignis "fire".[1] 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, the Catalan Ignasi, the Basque Iñaki, Iñigo, Eneko, and the hypocorisms Nacho/Natxo, Iggy, and Iggie.

Ignacio can refer to:

People

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Arts and entertainment
Military
  • Ignacio Allende (Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga), 19th-century captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico
  • Ignacio Elizondo, 18th-19th-century New Leonese royalist general of Spanish and Basque ancestry
  • Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, 19th-century general in the Mexican army
Politics
Religion
Science and technology
Sports
Other

Fictional characters

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References

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  1. ^ Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 142. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.