Ignacio is a male
Spanish and
Galician name originating either from the Roman family name
Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...
name "
Ignatius" 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, the Basque
Iñaki Iñaki is a male given name. It is a neologism created by Sabino Arana meaning ''Ignatius'', to be a Basque language analog to "Ignacio" in Spanish, "Ignace" in French, and "Ignazio" in Italian, and an alternative to the names Eneko and Iñigo.
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Iñigo
Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom.
Ear ...
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Eneko, and the diminutives
Nacho/Natxo,
Iggy, and Iggie.
Ignacio can refer to:
People
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Ignacio Chávez (disambiguation)
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Ignacio González (disambiguation) Ignacio González may refer to:
Footballers
* Ignacio González (footballer, born 1944), Guatemalan goalkeeper
* Nacho González (footballer, born 1971), Argentine goalkeeper
* Nacho González (footballer, born 1982), Uruguayan midfielder
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Ignacio López (disambiguation) Ignacio López may refer to:
* Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola, 1491–1556), founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
* Ignacio López de Ayala (1739-1789), Spanish writer, astronomer, and historian
* Ignacio López Ray� ...
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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 Ald ...
, 20th-century Spanish author
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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 secre ...
(Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga), 19th-century captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico
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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 agai ...
, 18th-19th-century New Leonese royalist general of Spanish and Basque ancestry
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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 Puebl ...
Seguín, 19th-century general in the Mexican army
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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
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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
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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 R ...
, 19th-century Mexican politician and military officer
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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
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Ignacio Mier Velazco
Moisés Ignacio Mier Velazco (born 4 January 1961) is a Mexican politician who leads the National Regeneration Movement in the Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in ...
(born 1961), Mexican politician
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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
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Ignacio Ellacuría, 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
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 Hist ...
y Urrutia, 19th-20th-century Spanish naturalist and entomologist
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Ignacio Rodríguez (programmer), Uruguayan programmer
; Sports
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Ignacio Ambríz, 20th-21st-century Mexican football defender
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Ignacio Arroyo (basketball)
Ignacio "Nacho" Arroyo Varela is a Chilean professional basketball player.
Club career
Ever since Arroyo joined Movistar Estudiantes in 2017, he has been coached by Javier Zamora (Coach), Javier Zamora. In July 2020, Arroyo extended the contra ...
, 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
Ignacio Gabari is a professional racecar driver. Gabari made his Porsche Supercup debut in 2005, competing in one race of the series. Gabari has also had success at lower levels of motorsport
Motorsport, motorsports or motor sport is a glo ...
, 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
Ignacio Risso Thomasset (born 8 October 1977 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Albion.
Coaching career Defensor Sporting
After retiring, Risso immediately be ...
Thomasset, 20th-21st-century Uruguayan footballer
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Ignacio Rodríguez (footballer)
Ignacio Rodríguez Bahena (born 12 July 1956) is a Mexican former professional football goalkeeper who played for Mexico in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
See also
*List of people from Morelos, Mexico
The following are people who were born, raised, ...
, 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)
Ignacio Martín Fernández (; born 12 January 1990) is an Argentines, Argentine association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate.
Club career Early career
Born in Castelli, Buenos Aires, Cas ...
, 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)
Ignacio Vázquez Barba (born July 31, 1971) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Vázquez made his league debut with Chivas in the 1991–92 season.MedioTiempo"Ignacio Vázquez - Veracruz". Retrieved on ...
, 20th-century Mexican footballer
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Ignacio Vázquez (footballer, born 1971)
Ignacio Vázquez Barba (born July 31, 1971) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Vázquez made his league debut with Chivas in the 1991–92 season.MedioTiempo"Ignacio Vázquez - Veracruz". Retrieved on ...
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
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 b ...
, on the television show ''
Ugly Betty''
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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.
Dialo ...
, 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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