Ignatius
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning fiery or ardent.
Babies a year
70
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies
Ignatius by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Ignatius. In the US, 70 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 97 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
Names that come from Ignatius
Forms of Ignatius in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that mean fire
Like Ignatius, each of these has fire in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aidenlittle fire11,301 in the US (2017)
- Aydenlittle fire; a modern respelling of Aiden3,979 in the US (2017)
- Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
- Reeseardent or fiery; a form of Rhys2,106 in the US (2017)
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Keegansmall flame or descendant of Aodhagán1,235 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ignatius
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