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♂ Ignatius
What does Ignatius mean?
Ignatius 
as a boys' name is pronounced eeg-NAH-see-ers. Possibly (Latin) "ardent, burning". Saint Ignatius of Loyola was the founder of the Catholic Jesuit order.
ENDS WITH -ius
ASSOCIATED WITH saint
Variations
VARIANTS Iggie, Ignac, Ignace, Ignacio▲, Ignacius, Ignatious, Ignatz, Ignaz, Ignazio, Inacio, Inigo
FEMININE FORM Ignacia
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ignatius Kamren (I.K.), ..
How popular is Ignatius?
Ignatius is an uncommon given name for men but a very popular surname for all people (#69201 out of 150436, Top 46%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ignatius reached its apex position of #638 in the U.S. during the years 1910-1919, and is at #1894 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Ignatius (#1894 FROM RECENT DATA) appearing in the Top 2000 are Ignacio (#945), Ignatz and Ignazio. These forms of Ignatius were at the apex of their popularity a century ago (ADOPTION OF 0.02%) and are almost as popular today (ADOPTION 0.02%, ▼14.9%). Ignacio has historically been popular among parents.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Agathius, Agustus, Amatus, Anastius, Andrius, Anteus, Arcadius, Arkadius, Ascanius, Atanasius (see Athanasios), Blasius, Caius, Dacius, Damarius, Dantavius, Darius▼, Donatus, Dontavius, Egidius, Esavius (see Eusebius), Eustatius, Fabius, Flavius, Gaius, Gennarius (see Gennaro), Hilarius, Honorius (see Honore), Horatius, Icarus, Ikarus, Innis, Inniss, Ioanis, Irenaeus, Isais, Januarius, Jarius, Jenarius, Junius▼, Macarius, Marius, Mateus, Nazarius, Octavius, Pelagius, Ponthus, Pontius, Renatus, Stasius, Xanthus and Zenobius. These names tend to be more commonly used than Ignatius.
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