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Iago
OriginWelsh and Galician variation of James and Jacob
Meaning"supplanter"
About Iago
Iago, the villain of Shakespeare's Othello, was so treacherously evil that his name has hardly ever been heard offstage. Try the much-more-benign Inigo.
As of October 2026, Iago ranked #12732 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #7971 in 2022.
Editor's take: The name Iago is a boy's name of Spanish, Welsh origin.
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Iago in pop culture
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villain in Shakespeare's "Othello"
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parrot in Disney's "Aladdin"
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