# Ignacio

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| name          = Ignacio
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| pronunciation = {{IPA|es|iɣˈnaθjo|lang}} (Spain)<br />{{IPA|es|iɣˈnasjo|lang}} (Latin America)
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = "fire"
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| language      = Spanish, Italian
| origin        = [Spanish](/source/Spanish_Language)
| related names = [Ignatius](/source/Ignatius), [Nacho](/source/Nacho_(given_name))
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| feminine      = [Ignacia](/source/Ignacia)
}}

'''Ignacio''' is a male [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) name originating in the [Latin](/source/Latin) name "[Ignatius](/source/Ignatius)" from ''ignis'' "fire".<ref name="Albaigès Olivart 1993">{{cite book |last=Albaigès |first=Josep M. |last2=Olivart |first2=J.M.A. |title=Diccionario de nombres de personas |publisher=Universitat de Barcelona |year=1993 |isbn=978-84-475-0264-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A_KHaYiixzwC&pg=PA142 |language=es |access-date=15 September 2018 |page=142}}</ref> This was the name of several saints, including the [third bishop of Antioch](/source/Ignatius_of_Antioch) (who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan) and [Saint Ignatius of Loyola](/source/Ignatius_of_Loyola). Variants include the archaic Iñacio, the Italian [Ignazio](/source/Ignazio), the German [Ignatz](/source/Ignatz), the Catalan Ignasi, the Basque [Iñaki](/source/I%C3%B1aki), [Iñigo](/source/I%C3%B1igo), [Eneko](/source/Eneko_(given_name)), and the [hypocorism](/source/hypocorism)s [Nacho](/source/Nacho_(given_name))/Natxo, [Iggy](/source/Iggy), and Iggie.

'''Ignacio''' can refer to:

==Multiple people==
* [Ignacio Chávez (disambiguation)](/source/Ignacio_Ch%C3%A1vez_(disambiguation))
* [Ignacio González (disambiguation)](/source/Ignacio_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(disambiguation))
* [Ignacio López (disambiguation)](/source/Ignacio_L%C3%B3pez_(disambiguation))
* [Ignacio Rodríguez (disambiguation)](/source/Ignacio_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(disambiguation))

=== Arts and entertainment ===
* [Ignacio Aldecoa](/source/Ignacio_Aldecoa), 20th-century Spanish author
* {{anbl|Ignacio Agüero}}
* [Ignacio Berroa](/source/Ignacio_Berroa), 20th-21st-century Cuban jazz drummer
* [Ignacio Cervantes](/source/Ignacio_Cervantes) Kawanagh, 19th-20th-century Cuban virtuoso pianist and composer
* [Ignacio Figueredo](/source/Ignacio_Figueredo), 20th-century Venezuelan folk musician
* [Ignacio Merino](/source/Ignacio_Merino), 19th-century Peruvian painter
* [Ignacio Piñeiro](/source/Ignacio_Pi%C3%B1eiro) Martínez, 19th-20th-century black Cuban musician and composer
* [Ignacio Serricchio](/source/Ignacio_Serricchio), 21st-century Argentinian-American actor
* [Ignacio Zuloaga](/source/Ignacio_Zuloaga) y Zabaleta, 19th-20th-century Spanish painter

=== Military ===
* [Ignacio Allende](/source/Ignacio_Allende) (Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga), 19th-century captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico
* [Ignacio Elizondo](/source/Ignacio_Elizondo), 18th-19th-century New Leonese royalist general of Spanish and Basque ancestry
* [Ignacio Zaragoza](/source/Ignacio_Zaragoza) Seguín, 19th-century general in the Mexican army

=== Politics ===
* [Chief Ignacio](/source/Chief_Ignacio), a 19th-20th-century leader of the Ute tribe
* {{anbl|Ignacio Agramonte}}
* [Ignacio Bunye](/source/Ignacio_Bunye), 20th-21st-century Filipino politician
* [Ignacio Comonfort](/source/Ignacio_Comonfort), 19th-century Mexican politician and military officer
* [Ignacio Manuel Altamirano](/source/Ignacio_Manuel_Altamirano) Basilio, 19th-century Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician
* [Ignacio Mier Velazco](/source/Ignacio_Mier_Velazco) (born 1961), Mexican politician
* [Ignacio Romaní Cantera](/source/Ignacio_Roman%C3%AD_Cantera), Spanish politician
* {{anbl|Ignacio Uriarte}}
* [Ignacio Walker](/source/Ignacio_Walker), Chilean politician

=== Religion ===
* Ignacio López de Loyola or [Ignatius of Loyola](/source/Ignatius_of_Loyola) (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits
* [Ignacio Ellacuría](/source/Ignacio_Ellacur%C3%ADa), 20th-century Jesuit priest
* [Ignacio Martín-Baró](/source/Ignacio_Mart%C3%ADn-Bar%C3%B3), 20th-century Spanish scholar, social psychologist, philosopher and Jesuit priest

=== Science and technology ===
* [Ignacio Bernal](/source/Ignacio_Bernal), 20th-century Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist
* [Ignacio Bolívar](/source/Ignacio_Bol%C3%ADvar) y Urrutia, 19th-20th-century Spanish naturalist and entomologist
* [Ignacio Rodríguez (programmer)](/source/Ignacio_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(programmer)), Uruguayan programmer
* [Ignacio Cirac](/source/Ignacio_Cirac), Spanish physicist

=== Sports ===
* [Ignácio (footballer)](/source/Ign%C3%A1cio_(footballer)), 21st-century Brazilian footballer
* [Ignacio Ambríz](/source/Ignacio_Ambr%C3%ADz), 20th-21st-century Mexican football defender
* [Ignacio Arroyo (basketball)](/source/Ignacio_Arroyo_(basketball)), Chilean basketball player
* [Ignacio Camacho](/source/Ignacio_Camacho), 21st-century Spanish footballer for Atlético Madrid
* [Ignacio Corleto](/source/Ignacio_Corleto), 21st-century Argentine Rugby Union footballer
* [Ignacio Escamilla](/source/Ignacio_Escamilla), 20th-century Mexican freestyle swimmer
* [Ignacio Fragoso](/source/Ignacio_Fragoso), 20th-century Mexican long-distance runner
* [Ignacio Garrido](/source/Ignacio_Garrido), 20th-century Spanish professional golfer
* Ignacio Javier Gómez Novo, or [Nacho Novo](/source/Nacho_Novo), 20th-21st-century Spanish footballer
* [Ignacio Risso](/source/Ignacio_Risso) Thomasset, 20th-21st-century Uruguayan footballer
* [Ignacio Rodríguez (footballer, born 1956)](/source/Ignacio_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(footballer%2C_born_1956)), 20th-century Mexican football goalkeeper
* [Ignacio Rodríguez (basketball)](/source/Ignacio_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(basketball)) (born 1970), 20th-21st-century Spanish basketball player
* [Ignacio Rodríguez (footballer, born 2002)](/source/Ignacio_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(footballer%2C_born_2002)), Argentine footballer
* [Ignacio Sarmiento](/source/Ignacio_Sarmiento) (born 1986), Spanish hurdler
* [Ignacio Scocco](/source/Ignacio_Scocco), 21st-century Argentine footballer
* [Ignacio Fernández (footballer)](/source/Ignacio_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(footballer)), 21st-century Argentine footballer
* [Ignacio Trelles](/source/Ignacio_Trelles), 20th-century Mexican football player and coach
* [Ignacio Vázquez (footballer, born 1971)](/source/Ignacio_V%C3%A1zquez_(footballer%2C_born_1971)), 20th-century Mexican footballer
* [Ignacio Vázquez (footballer, born 1971)](/source/Ignacio_V%C3%A1zquez_(footballer%2C_born_1971)) Barba, 20th-21st-century Mexican footballer
* [Ignacio Zoco](/source/Ignacio_Zoco) Esparza, 20th-century Spanish footballer

=== Other ===
* [Ignacio Anaya](/source/Ignacio_Anaya), 20th-century inventor of nachos
* {{anbl|Ignacio García Malo}}
* Hermenegildo [Ignacio Peralta](/source/Ignacio_Peralta), 18th-19th-century Spanish settler in California
* [Ignacio Ramonet](/source/Ignacio_Ramonet), 20th-century Spanish journalist and writer
* [Ignacio Ramos](/source/Ignacio_Ramos), 20th-21st-century former United States Border Patrol Agent

== Fictional characters ==
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* [Ignacio Suarez (Ugly Betty)](/source/Ignacio_Suarez_(Ugly_Betty)), on the television show ''[Ugly Betty](/source/Ugly_Betty)''
* [Nacho Varga](/source/Nacho_Varga), on the television show ''[Better Call Saul](/source/Better_Call_Saul)''

== See also ==
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== References ==
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