Ignatius

English

Etymology

A saints' name from the Latin gens name Ignatius, Egnatius, of uncertain meaning, by folk etymology associated with Latin ignis (“fire”).

Proper noun

Ignatius

1. A male given name; of mostly Roman Catholic usage in English.

Translations

male given name

Aragonese: Inazio Basque: Inazio Bulgarian: Игнатий Catalan: Ignasi (ca) Croatian: Ignacije Czech: Ignác (cs) Dutch: Ignatius (nl) French: Ignace (fr) Galician: Ignacio (gl) German: Ignaz (de) Greek: Ιγνάτιος (el) Hungarian: Ignác (hu) Irish: Ignáit (ga) Italian: Ignazio (it)

Latin: Ignatius (la) Latvian: Ignats (lv) m. Lithuanian: Ignacas Polish: Ignacy (pl) Portuguese: Inácio Romanian: Ignațiu Russian: Игнатий (ru) ( Ignátij ) Serbian: Игнац Slovak: Ignác (sk) Slovene: Ignacij Spanish: Ignacio (es) Swedish: Ignatius (sv) Ukrainian: Ігнатій

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰγνάτιος

Proper noun

Ignātius (genitive Ignātiī); m, second declension

1. A masculine given name.