Ignacia

  • [ eeg-NAH-thyah (Spanish), eeg-NAH-syah (Latin American Spanish) ]
  • Spanish
Spanish feminine form of IGNATIUS.

IGNATIUS   male   Late Roman
From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble Latin 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 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Jesuits, whose real birth name was in fact Íñigo.
EQUIVALENTS
LATE ROMAN: Ignatia
POLISH: Ignacja
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
POLISH: Iga
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Egnatius
BASQUE: Iñaki
CATALAN: Ignasi
CZECH: Ignác
DUTCH: Ignaas
ENGLISH: Iggy
FRENCH: Ignace
GERMAN: Ignatz
HUNGARIAN: Ignác
ITALIAN: Ignazio
LATE ROMAN: Ignatius
LITHUANIAN: Ignas
POLISH: Ignacy
PORTUGUESE: Inácio
RUSSIAN: Ignatiy
SLOVENE: Ignac, Ignacij, Nace
SPANISH: Ignacio, Nacho, Nacio