Given name & surname
Inacio
“a fiery man; one who is ardent”
Inacio 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
Inacio 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
Inacio 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 1929. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Inacio 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
Inacio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 7 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 as a first name in 2020; 527 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.
Inacio’s family of names
Inacio has a related form in Ignatius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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