Given name & surname
Ignace
“a fiery man; one who is ardent”
Ignace is a variant of Ignatius. One Latin interpretation is “a fiery man; one who is ardent.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ignace is a variant of Ignatius. One Latin interpretation is “a fiery man; one who is ardent.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ignace is a variant of Ignatius. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Ignace developed from the Latin form Ignatius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ignace is a variant of Ignatius. The history of Ignatius gives this family its wider story. Ignatius’s historical associations include various early saints, and more recently St Ignatius Loyola.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ignace through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 96 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 as a first name in 2020; 216 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ignace’s family of names
In French usage, Ignace developed from the Latin form Ignatius. In French usage, Ignace has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ignacio. Ignace has a related form in Ignatius.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ignace has relatives in 22 languages.
24 related names in 22 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ignace
- Ignace Bessi DogboIvorian Roman Catholic prelateborn 1961
- Ignatius Moses I DaoudCatholic cardinal (1930–2012)
- Ignatius Gabriel I TappouniCatholic cardinal (1879–1968)
- Ignace Van Der BremptBelgian association football playerborn 2002
- Ignace KowalczykFrench-German footballer (1913-1996)
- Ignace HeinrichFrench athlete (1925–2003)
- Ignace MurwanashyakaRwandan rebel leader (1963-2019)
- Ignace GelbAmerican historian (1907-1985)
- Ignatius Ephrem II RahmaniPatriarch of Antioch (1848–1929)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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