Ignatius

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Pronounced： [ ig-NAY-shəs (English) ]
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Usage：Late Roman

Meaning & History：

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.

Names related to Ignatius：

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT ROMAN: Egnatius

BASQUE: Iñaki

CATALAN: Ignasi

CZECH: Ignác

DUTCH: Ignaas

FRENCH: Ignace

GERMAN: Ignatz

HUNGARIAN: Ignác

ITALIAN: Ignazio

LITHUANIAN: Ignas

POLISH: Ignacy

PORTUGUESE: Inácio

RUSSIAN: Ignatiy

SLOVENE: Ignac, Ignacij, Nace

SPANISH: Ignacio

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH: Iggy

SPANISH: Nacho, Nacio

FEMININE FORMS

LATE ROMAN: Ignatia

POLISH: Iga, Ignacja

SPANISH: Ignacia