Given name & surname
Inigo
“an ardent man”
Inigo is used as a given name and a surname. One Portuguese interpretation is “an ardent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Portuguese interpretation is “an ardent man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Portuguese.
How it developed
Inigo developed from Ignatius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Inigo is a diminutive 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
Inigo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 176
- 176 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,877 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,877 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 339 as a first name in 2020; 315 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.
Inigo’s family of names
In English usage, Inigo is a diminutive of Ignatius. In English usage, Inigo has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ignace. Inigo developed from Ignatius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Inigo has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Portuguese roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Inigo
- Inigo JonesEnglish architect and stage designer (1573-1652)
- Inigo CampioniItalian naval officer (1878-1944)
- Inigo GalloSwiss actor (1932-2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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