Ignacio Explained

Ignacio
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /es/ (Spain) pronounced as /es/ (Latin America)
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	"fire"
Language:	Spanish, Galician
Feminine:	Ignacia

Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating in the Latin name "Ignatius" 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. 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

Ignacio Aldecoa, 20th-century Spanish author
Ignacio Berroa, 20th-21st-century Cuban jazz drummer
Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh, 19th-20th-century Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer
Ignacio Figueredo, 20th-century Venezuelan folk musician
Ignacio Merino, 19th-century Peruvian painter
Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez, 19th-20th-century black Cuban musician and composer
Ignacio Serricchio, 21st-century Argentinian-American actor
Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, 19th-20th-century Spanish painter

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

Chief Ignacio, a 19th-20th-century leader of the Ute tribe
Ignacio Bunye, 20th-21st-century Filipino politician
Ignacio Comonfort, 19th-century Mexican politician and military officer
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Basilio, 19th-century Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician
Ignacio Mier Velazco (born 1961), Mexican politician
Ignacio Romaní Cantera, Spanish politician
Ignacio Walker, Chilean politician

Ignacio López de Loyola or Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits
Ignacio Ellacuría, 20th-century Jesuit priest
Ignacio Martín-Baró, 20th-century Spanish scholar, social psychologist, philosopher and Jesuit priest

Ignacio Bernal, 20th-century Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist
Ignacio Bolívar y Urrutia, 19th-20th-century Spanish naturalist and entomologist
Ignacio Rodríguez (programmer), Uruguayan programmer

Ignacio Ambríz, 20th-21st-century Mexican football defender
Ignacio Arroyo (basketball), Chilean basketball player
Ignacio Camacho, 21st-century Spanish footballer for Atlético Madrid
Ignacio Corleto, 21st-century Argentine Rugby Union footballer
Ignacio Escamilla, 20th-century Mexican freestyle swimmer
Ignacio Fragoso, 20th-century Mexican long-distance runner
Ignacio Gabari, 21st-century Spanish professional racecar driver
Ignacio Garrido, 20th-century Spanish professional golfer
Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo, or Nacho Novo, 20th-21st-century Spanish footballer
Ignacio Risso Thomasset, 20th-21st-century Uruguayan footballer
Ignacio Rodríguez (footballer), 20th-century Mexican football goalkeeper
Ignacio Rodríguez (basketball) Marín, 20th-21st-century Spanish basketball player
Ignacio Scocco, 21st-century Argentine footballer
Ignacio Fernández (footballer), 21st-century Argentine footballer
Ignacio Trelles, 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 Esparza, 20th-century Spanish footballer