Ignacio

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ignacio is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name319K records spelled Ignacio16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Spain, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ígnácíó, I'Gnacio, Įğņãçïõ, Ignácio, Ïgńäcįó

• Catalan given name104K records spelled Ignacio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Ignácio

• a separate given name41K records spelled Ignacio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Ignacío, Ignació, Ignácio

• Spanish given name15K records spelled Ignacio110 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Laos, Mexico, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Lao, Catalan

  Also written Nacho, Начо, I'Gnacio, Nachor, อิกนาซิโอ

• Indonesian given name8.0K records spelled Ignacio2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Also written Ignácio

• Italian given name4.0K records spelled Ignacio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Paraguay, Italy

  Also written Ignácio, Ignaçio

• Polish given name3.3K records spelled Ignacio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Spain, United States, Peru

  Also written Ignacìò, Ígnaçiò, Ignácio

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ignacio is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Ignatius

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Del latín Ignatius, alteración de Egnatius; no procede de ignis ‘fuego’.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Filipino, a surname from Spanish, notably borne by

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 135 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Miguel Hidalgo Y Costillab. 1753MXnot in their usual nameCatholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
• Ignacio Zaragozab. 1829MXMexican political and military leader (1829–1862)
• Ignacio López Tarsob. 1925MXMexican actor and politician (1925–2023)
• Ignacio Zocob. 1939ESSpanish footballer (1939–2015)
• Nacho Vidalb. 1973ESnot in their usual nameSpanish pornographic actor
• Nacho Vigalondob. 1977ESnot in their usual nameSpanish filmmaker
• Nacho Novob. 1979ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer
• Ignacio Serricchiob. 1982ARArgentine–American actor
• Nacho Monrealb. 1986ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player
• Nachob. 1990ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 889 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ignacio?

We estimate roughly 136 thousand people bear Ignacio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Ignacio have the most bearers?

Ignacio is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ignacio.

How common is Ignacio compared with other names?

In Argentina, Ignacio is the 69th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Ignacio a male or female name?

Ignacio is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ignacio mean?

Recorded meaning: from a Latinized form of the personal name Inigo, which is of pre-Roman origin (recorded in classical times as Enneco).