Given name
Ignazio
“a fiery man; one who is ardent”
Ignazio 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
Ignazio 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
Ignazio is a variant of Ignatius. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ignazio 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
Ignazio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 600
- 600 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,177 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,177 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 603 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.
Ignazio’s family of names
Ignazio developed from Ignatius. In Italian usage, Ignazio has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ignacio. Ignazio has a related form in Ignatius.
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Around the world
Ignazio has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 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.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IgnacioSpanish
- Ignacequivalent
- IgnacyPolish
- IgnaceFrench
- Ignacoequivalent
- Ignasiequivalent
- ИгнатRussian
- ΙγνάτιοςGreek
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ignazio
- Ignazio AbateItalian association football playerborn 1986
- Ignazio SiloneItalian writer and politician (1900-1978)
- Ignazio Cassis99th President of the Swiss Confederationborn 1961
- Ignazio La RussaItalian politician (born 1947)
- Ignazio GiuntiItalian racing driver1941–1971
- Ignazio DantiItalian mathematician and cosmographer (1536–1586)
- Ignazio MarinoItalian surgeon and politician (1955-)
- Ignazio FabraItalian amateur wrestler (1930–2008)
- Ignazio ViscoItalian economist and banker (1949-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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