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Ignacio

OriginSpanish
Meaning"fiery"
GenderBoy & girl
US Rank
GirlsUnranked

Below 5 births

Boys#830

2025 SSA

About Ignacio

Ignacio, like Horacio, makes its gray-bearded English equivalent name sound positively dashing. While the Ig- beginning summons up such associations as ignoble and ignorant, the era for Ignacio and Ignatius and Iggy may be nigh.

Ignacio is also given to girls.

Pronounced ig-NAH-see-o.

As of October 2026, Ignacio ranked #13966 for girls in US births in 1991 and #830 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4054 for girls in 1926 and #502 for boys in 1930, Nameberry popularity #802 for boys.

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  • Ignacio PeñaBoy

    Puerto Rican musician

  • Ignacio Hernando de Larramendi y MontianoBoy

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  • Ignacio Pío Juan Hidalgo de CisnerosBoy

    Spanish Civil War commander

  • Ignacio Baleztena AscárateBoy

    Spanish folklorist

  • Ignacio López TarsoBoy

    Mexican actor

  • Ignacio MartínBoy

    Baró, Spanish Jesuit scholar

Ignacio in pop culture

  • Brother IgnacioBoy

    character in "Nacho Libre" played by Jack Black

  • Ignacio Alonzo Julio Federico de TitoBoy

    "Tito," Chihuahua in Disney movie "Oliver & Company"

  • Ignacio Perez Boy

    Main character in 2004 movie "Bad Education" directed by Pedro Almodóvar

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