Inigo

A boys’ name of Basque origin, meaning fiery ardent; from Ignatius.

Babies a year
11
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2133
11 babies

Inigo by the numbers

In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Inigo. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Ignatius

Like Inigo, each of these traces back to Ignatius: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Ignaciofiery, flaming; from Ignatius216 in the US (2017)
  • Ignatiusfiery or ardent70 in the US (2017)
  • Ignacyfiery; a form of Ignatius26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Inokehe shall be exalted; form of Ignatius6 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Inigo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Indigoindigo dye; deep blue color82 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Inikoborn during hard times5 in the US (2017)
  • Indiofrom india; referring to indigenous peoples9 in the US (2017)
  • Ingso4 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean fire

Like Inigo, 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 Inigo

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