Given name
Ignác
Ignác is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Ignác’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Ignác has a diminutive in Ignácko. Ignác developed from Ignatius. In Czech usage, Ignác has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ignace.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ignác has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ignác
- Ignaz SemmelweisHungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
- Ignác GoldziherHungarian orientalist, scholar (1850-1921)
- Ignatz KolischAustro-Hungarian chess player (1837-1889)
- Ignác AlpárHungarian architect (1855-1928)
- Ignác KúnosHungarian linguist (1860–1945)
- Ignác Acsády(1845–1906) historian
- Ignác Batthyány(1741–1798) Hungarian librarian and bishop
- Ignác MartinovicsHungarian political activist1755–1795
- Schöner NáciSlovak entertainer1897–1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ignác, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Dydak
“teaching”
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Sirák
Sirák is a given name from Latin. It is used in Hungarian.
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Israël
“God prevails”
>99% boys
Inocenc
Inocenc is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech.
>99% boys
Ignjatije
Ignjatije is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
>99% boys
Intra
“within, inside”
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Ilìa
“Jah is my God”
>99% boys
Igino
“healthy”
>99% boys