Ignatius Forename
12,087th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 82,257 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia
Ignatius Forename Definition:
The origin is rather obscure, but it may reside in Latin ignis, ‘a fire,’ and the name therefore mean ‘fiery’. It has never, in the British Empire, been in any way frequent except among Roman Catholics, for whom it is rightly an imposing, and an endearing, name: Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch for some forty years, was thrown to the Amphitheatral beasts of Rome ca.
Read More About This ForenameIgnatius Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 17,085 | 1:10,393 | 1,321 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 12,577 | 1:20,511 | 2,879 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 8,644 | 1:2,500 | 473 |
| South Africa | 99% | 7,292 | 1:7,478 | 1,356 |
| Kenya | 100% | 5,588 | 1:8,287 | 1,122 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,776 | 1:5,650 | 685 |
| Zambia | - | 4,449 | 1:3,564 | 556 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4,051 | 1:10,110 | 1,022 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3,931 | 1:3,924 | 641 |
| United States | 100% | 2,932 | 1:123,648 | 5,143 |
| India | 100% | 1,574 | 1:771,841 | 54,654 |
| Namibia | - | 1,332 | 1:1,805 | 360 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 822 | 1:37,044 | 3,264 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 691 | 1:11,798 | 1,199 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Malawi | 100% | 571 | 1:29,969 | 2,356 |
| England | 100% | 449 | 1:123,837 | 4,347 |
| Ireland | 97% | 422 | 1:11,004 | 748 |
| Canada | 100% | 299 | 1:110,814 | 5,397 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Australia | - | 277 | 1:49,305 | 2,345 |
| Guyana | 100% | 277 | 1:2,755 | 539 |
| Liberia | 100% | 262 | 1:16,840 | 1,232 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 244 | 1:729 | 101 |
| Jamaica | - | 182 | 1:15,842 | 1,479 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 179 | 1:7,606 | 1,206 |
| Philippines | 99% | 178 | 1:595,559 | 18,898 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 143 | 1:369,149 | 11,848 |
| Botswana | 100% | 121 | 1:18,053 | 2,233 |
| Singapore | 100% | 119 | 1:52,832 | 6,738 |
| Germany | 100% | 85 | 1:1,137,387 | 8,441 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 81 | 1:69,476 | 2,751 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Grenada | 100% | 71 | 1:1,523 | 319 |
| Bahamas | - | 62 | 1:6,441 | 914 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Micronesia | - | 55 | 1:1,936 | 289 |
| Qatar | 93% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| New Zealand | - | 46 | 1:98,610 | 4,238 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 43 | 1:47,442 | 5,013 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 38 | 1:444,792 | 11,530 |
| Thailand | 100% | 38 | 1:1,843,837 | 53,473 |
| Hong Kong | - | 35 | 1:221,506 | 3,349 |
| Belize | 100% | 31 | 1:11,429 | 1,625 |
| Brazil | 100% | 24 | 1:8,926,506 | 114,727 |
| Scotland | 100% | 22 | 1:243,198 | 4,001 |
| Belgium | 100% | 19 | 1:604,739 | 9,016 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Sweden | 100% | 12 | 1:821,492 | 17,584 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Italy | 100% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 9 | 1:204,794 | 1,831 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7 | 1:1,173,357 | 12,989 |
| France | 100% | 6 | 1:11,078,390 | 32,981 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| DR Congo | - | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Russia | - | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Mexico | - | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Ignatius (9,427) may also be a surname.
Ignatius Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The origin is rather obscure, but it may reside in Latin ignis, ‘a fire,’ and the name therefore mean ‘fiery’. It has never, in the British Empire, been in any way frequent except among Roman Catholics, for whom it is rightly an imposing, and an endearing, name: Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch for some forty years, was thrown to the Amphitheatral beasts of Rome ca. 114; Bishop Ignatius of Constantinople, a C9 denouncer of Byzantine vice; and Ignatius of Loyola (d. 1556), who, after being a soldier, ‘turned... to the more arduous service of the Militant Church’ (Benedictines).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (masculine) - A kindled flame.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: The kindled flame: ardent: fiery.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ignatius Forename Popularity
Ignatius Demographics
Average Male Ignatius Height
174.44 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 87 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ignatious | 94 | 6,144 | / |
| Ignatijus | 94 | 55 | / |
| Ingnatius | 94 | 47 | / |
| Ignastius | 94 | 32 | / |
| Ignathius | 94 | 29 | / |
| Ignatiush | 94 | 23 | / |
| Ignaatius | 94 | 9 | / |
| Ignaitius | 94 | 6 | / |
| Igniatius | 94 | 5 | / |
| Eignatius | 94 | 5 | / |
| Igneatius | 94 | 4 | / |
| Ignattius | 94 | 3 | / |
| Ignatuius | 94 | 2 | / |
| Ignatiuse | 94 | 2 | / |
| Ignatiuss | 94 | 2 | / |
| Gignatius | 94 | 1 | / |
| Aignatius | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ignnatius | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ignatiusd | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ignatiusp | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ignatoius | 94 | 1 | / |
| Inatius | 93 | 36 | / |
| Ignatiu | 93 | 20 | / |
| Ingnaitius | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ignahthius | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ignatieous | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ignatiousj | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ighnatious | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ignetius | 88 | 664 | / |
| Egnatius | 88 | 137 | / |
| Ingatius | 88 | 42 | / |
| Isnatius | 88 | 33 | / |
| Ygnatius | 88 | 16 | / |
| Ijnatius | 88 | 16 | / |
| Ignatiou | 88 | 14 | / |
| Ginatius | 88 | 10 | / |
| Genatius | 88 | 6 | / |
| Ignatiuh | 88 | 2 | / |
| Inatious | 88 | 2 | / |
| Innatius | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ignotius | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ienatius | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ihnatius | 88 | 1 | / |
| Itnatius | 88 | 1 | / |
| Imnatius | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ignatiud | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ignatyus | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ignautiu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Jinatius | 88 | 1 | / |
| Jgnatius | 88 | 1 | / |
| Egnatious | 82 | 43 | / |
| Ingatious | 82 | 5 | / |
| Ginatious | 82 | 3 | / |
| Ignateous | 82 | 2 | / |
| Genatious | 82 | 2 | / |
| Egniatius | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gennatius | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ignatihos | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ignatyush | 82 | 1 | / |
| Enatius | 80 | 3 | / |
| Inotius | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egnatiu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egnetius | 75 | 7 | / |
| Yonatius | 75 | 7 | / |
| Inotious | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ignateos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ennatius | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ingatiou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jonatious | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igneteous | 71 | 1 | / |
Ignatius Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ignatius in the Russian language | ||
| Игнатиус | ignatius | - |
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