Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἰγνάτιος
“fire”
Ἰγνάτιος (Ignátios) is a masculine given name, possibly from Latin, ultimately from Etruscan. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Ignátios.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἰγνάτιος possibly goes back to a word meaning “fire.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ἰγνάτιος possibly comes from Latin, and ultimately from Etruscan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ἰγνάτιος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰγνάτιος has a later derivative in IGNAT. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰγνάτιος can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ignátios. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰγνάτιος has a transliteration in Ignátios.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ἰγνάτιος has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ignatiusequivalent
- Ігнатійderivative · Ukrainian
- Ignatijusderivative · Lithuanian
- Ιγνάτιοςdescendant · Greek
- Гнатderivative · Ukrainian
- Ігнатderivative · Ukrainian, Belarusian
- InácioPortuguese
- Ignatderivative · Romanian
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