Ignacy

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Inacio in BR Brazil, PT Portugal, FI Finland and 10 more, Ignatius in US United States, NL Netherlands, ZA South Africa and 8 more and Inácio in CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 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◐

Ignacy is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name274 records spelled Ignacy7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, Martinique, Guadeloupe

  Also written Ignace, Ignacé, Ignaçe, Ignacè

• Russian given name58 records spelled Ignacy14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Игнаций, Игнаци, Игнацы, Ігнацій, Игнации

• Czech given name44 records spelled Ignacy6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Czechia, South Africa, Slovakia

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Ignatius, Ignatij

39 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●

Ignacy is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., polnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ignacy Krasickib. 1735PLPolish writer and poet, Catholic archbishop
• Ignacy Potockib. 1750PLPolish nobleman and politician, co-author of the Constitution of May 3 (1750–1809)
• Ignacy Domeykob. 1802CLPolish-Chilean geologist and educator (1802–1889)
• Józef Ignacy Kraszewskib. 1812PLPolish novelist (1812–1887)
• Ignacy Łukasiewiczb. 1822PLPolish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer (1822-1882)
• Ignacy Jan Paderewskib. 1860UAPolish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860–1941)
• Ignacy Daszyńskib. 1866UAPolish politician (1866-1936)
• Ignacy Mościckib. 1867PLPresident of Poland from 1926 to 1939
• Stanisław Wyspiańskib. 1869PLnot in their usual namePolish playwright, painter and poet (1869–1907)
• Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewiczb. 1885PLPolish artist, dramatist and novelist (1885–1939)

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 · 90 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ignacy?

We estimate roughly 95 thousand people bear Ignacy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Ignacy have the most bearers?

We estimate about 53 thousand people bear Ignacy in Poland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ignacy.

Where is Ignacy most common?

Ignacy is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 725 people carrying it.

How common is Ignacy compared with other names?

In Poland, Ignacy is the 174th most common given name of 66,904 given names recorded there.

Is Ignacy a male or female name?

Ignacy 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 Ignacy mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Ignatius