Ignacio biography

For other uses, see Ignacio (disambiguation).

Ignacio is a male Spanish name originating in the Latin name "Ignatius" from ignis "fire".^[1] This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan) and Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

Variants include the archaic Iñacio, the Italian Ignazio, the German Ignatz, the Catalan Ignasi, the Basque Iñaki, Iñigo, Eneko, and the hypocorismsNacho/Natxo, Iggy, and Iggie.

Ignacio can refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

Military

• Ignacio Allende (Ignacio José de Allende y Unzaga), 19th-century captain of the Spanish Army in Mexico
• Ignacio Elizondo, 18th-19th-century New Leonese royalist general of Spanish and Basque ancestry
• Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, 19th-century general in the Mexican army

Politics

• Chief Ignacio, a 19th-20th-century leader of the Ute tribe
• Ignacio Bunye, 20th-21st-century Filipino politician
• Ignacio Comonfort, 19th-c Ignatius of Loyola - World History Encyclopedia VYQIV