Ignatius

Ignatius
Gender	male
Origin
Word/Name	Roman family name Egnatius
Other names
Related names	Ignace, Ignacio, Ignazio, Ignatios

Ignatius is a male given name of presumed Latin or Etruscan origin, believed to mean "fiery one" (compare the word "ignite").
It may refer to:

People

Given name

• Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979), Ghanaian military ruler
• Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870), British architect
• Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852–1929), British writer and diplomat
• Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831–1901), American politician and writer
• Ignatius J. Galantin (1910–2004), American admiral
• Ignatius Jones (born 1957), Australian singer and producer
• Ignatius K. Musaazi (1905–1990), Ugandan politician
• Ignatius O'Brien (1857–1930), Irish lawyer
• Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780), British writer
• Ignatius Shixwameni (born 1966), Namibian politician
• Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969), Zimbabwean sculptor

Surname

• Adi Ignatius (born 1959), American journalist
• David Ignatius (born 1950), American journalist and writer
• Hannes Ignatius (1871–1941), Finnish general
• Karl Ferdinand Ignatius (1837–1909), Finnish politician
• Paul Robert Ignatius (born 1920), American administrator

In religion

• Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867), Russian Orthodox saint
• Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), early Christian bishop
• Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781), Italian Catholic saint
• Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Spanish Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus
• Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (born 1933), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
• Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877)
• Patriarch Ignatius (1540–1620), Russian Orthodox bishop
• Ignatius III Atiyah, 17th-century Melkite Patriarch of Antioch
• first name of all the Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch since the 15th century

Fiction

• Ignatius Gallaher, fictional character in A Little Cloud by James Joyce
• Ignatius J. Reilly, fictional character in A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Other uses

• 3562 Ignatius, main-belt asteroid
• Ignatius Gymnasium, Catholic school in Amsterdam
• Ignatius Press, religious publishing house
• Saint Ignatius College (disambiguation), name of a number of Catholic schools

See also

• Ignacio
• Ignazio
• Inácio
• Inigo
• St. Ignatius
• Żegota (disambiguation)