Given name
Ignacia
“a fiery woman; burning brightly”
Ignacia is a variant of Ignatia. One Latin interpretation is “a fiery woman; burning brightly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ignacia is a variant of Ignatia. One Latin interpretation is “a fiery woman; burning brightly.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ignacia is a variant of Ignatia. An origin associated with Ignatia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ignacia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,067
- 0 boys · 1,067 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 37 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 girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,186 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ignacia’s family of names
Ignacia has a related form in Ignatia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ignacia
- Ignacia AllamandChilean actressborn 1981
- Ignacia Zeballos TaborgaBolivian nurse heroine1831–1904
- Ignacia del Espíritu SantoFilipino religious sister (1663-1748)
- Ignacia Sáenz y UlloaFirst Lady of Costa Rica (1800–1873)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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