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 [ 3 syll. i-gna-tiu(s), ig-nati-us ] The boy name Ignatius is pronounced as ihGNEYSHahS KEY. Ignatius is used predominantly in the Dutch and English languages, and its origin is Etrusk. The first name is derived from the Roman family name Ignatius (Latin) or Egnatius (Latin), which is possibly of Etruscan origin; it was later linked to the Latin 'ignis' (fire). The name was borne by various early saints, including Saint Ignatius of Antioch (35-110), a student of the apostle John. It has been widely used among Roman Catholics since the 16th century, often in honor of the Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), the Spanish founder of the Jesuits or the Society of Jesus. The name is used in Ireland as the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Eighneachán. The name Ignatia (German) is the female version of Ignatius. Ignatius has 29 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Ignatius used in English include Ignace (also used in French), Ignacio (also used in Spanish), and Ignatz (also used in German). The pet form Inigo is another English variant. Foreign variants of Ignatius include Egnacio (Spanish), Hignacio (Spanish), Ignaas (Dutch), Ignacius (Spanish), Ignacy (Polish), Ignasio (Spanish), Ignati (Russian), Ignatio (Spanish), Ignatios (Greek), Ignaz (German and Hungarian), Ignazio (Italian and Spanish), Ignác (Czech), Iñaki (Basque and Spanish), Iñigo (Spanish), Nas (Spanish), Ygnasio (Spanish), and Ygnocio (Spanish). Specific foreign variants include the short form Nacio (Spanish), and the pet forms Iggy (Spanish), Ignacek (Polish), Ignácek (Czech), Nacek (Polish), Nacho (Spanish), Nácek (Czech), and Nácicek (Czech). Ignatius is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1906, 0.013% of baby boys were given the name Ignatius. Its ranking then was #553. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is currently of very light use. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Ignatius, Ignacio (English and Spanish) was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ignatius include Ignacek (Polish), Ignacy (Polish), Ignácek (Czech), Ignaas (Dutch), Ignac (Polish), Ignace (English and French), Ignacio (English and Spanish), Ignacius (Spanish), Ignasio (Spanish), Ignatios (Greek), Ignaz (German and Hungarian), Ignazio (Italian and Spanish), Ignác (Czech), Ygnasio (Spanish), and Ygnocio (Spanish). KEY: Pronunciation for Ignatius: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
