Ignacio is a male Spanish 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:
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Multiple people
Ignacio Chávez (disambiguation)
Ignacio González (disambiguation)
Ignacio López (disambiguation)
Ignacio Rodríguez (disambiguation)
Arts and entertainment
Ignacio Aldecoa, 20th-century Spanish author
Ignacio Agüero (born 1952), Chilean documentary filmmaker
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 Lopez, Spanish and Welsh comedian
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
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
Chief Ignacio, a 19th-20th-century leader of the Ute tribe
Ignacio Agramonte (1841–1873), Cuban revolutionary
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 Novo Sampol, Cuban exile and militant
Ignacio Romaní Cantera, Spanish politician
Ignacio Uriarte (born 1980), Spanish politician
Ignacio Walker, Chilean politician
Religion
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
Science and technology
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 Cirac, Spanish physicist
Sports
Ignácio (footballer), 21st-century Brazilian footballer
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 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) (born 1970), 20th-21st-century Spanish basketball player
Ignacio Rodríguez (footballer, born 2002), Argentine footballer
Ignacio Sarmiento (born 1986), Spanish hurdler
Ignacio Scocco, 21st-century Argentine footballer
Ignacio Fernández (footballer), 21st-century Argentine footballer
Other
Ignacio Anaya, 20th-century inventor of nachos
Ignacio García Malo (1760–1812), Spanish playwright, translator, Hellenist, and writer
Hermenegildo Ignacio Peralta, 18th-19th-century Spanish settler in California
Ignacio Ramonet, 20th-century Spanish journalist and writer
Ignacio Ramos, 20th-21st-century former United States Border Patrol Agent
Fictional characters
Ignacio Suarez (Ugly Betty), on the television show Ugly Betty
Nacho Varga, on the television show Better Call Saul