Ignacio is a male Spanish 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
- 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
- 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, born 1956), 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
- Other
Fictional characters
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