English Explanatory Dictionary

Ignatius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
  2. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 108/140 CE)
  3. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)

Pronunciation

ĭg-nā′shəs /ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ignatius.wav

Word forms

Ignatius

Etymology

From Latin Ignātius, variant of gens name Egnātius, altered to resemble ignis (“fire”), establishing a folk etymology meaning akin to “Fiery One”. Of uncertain origin, perhaps originally borrowed from Etruscan. It might be related to Ancient Greek ἴγνης (ígnēs, “indigene”), ἴγνητος (ígnētos), from *ἔν-γνη-τες (*én-gnē-tes), formed from έν (én) + Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, produce”), also seen in γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”).

Related words

Ignaty

Derived words

Iggy Saint Ignatius

Translations

Arabic: إِغْنَاطِيُوس Aragonese: Inazio Armenian: Իգնատիոս Basque: Inazio Basque: Iñaki Basque: Inaxio Belarusian: Ігна́т Bulgarian: Игнатий Catalan: Ignasi Chinese Mandarin: 依納爵 /依纳爵 Czech: Ignác Dutch: Ignatius Esperanto: Ignaco Finnish: Ignatios Finnish: Ignatius French: Ignace Galician: Ignacio Georgian: ეგნატე German: Ignaz German: Ignatz Greek: Ιγνάτιος Hungarian: Ignác Ingrian: Ignatta Irish: Iognáid Italian: Ignazio Latin: Ignatius Latvian: Ignats Lithuanian: Ignacas Occitan: Ignaci Polish: Ignacy Portuguese: Inácio Romanian: Ignațiu Russian: Игна́тий Serbo-Croatian: Игнац Serbo-Croatian: Ignacije Slovak: Ignác Slovene: Ignacij Slovene: Ignae Spanish: Ignacio Swedish: Ignatius Ukrainian: Ігнатій Ukrainian: Ігна́т Vietnamese: Inhaxiô Vietnamese: Y Nhã
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