Iggy

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Iggy (disambiguation).

Iggy is a male or female name derived from the Roman family name Egnatius, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble the Latin word ignis "fire". It is sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Ignatius and similar names.

Iggy or Iggie may also refer to:

People

• Iggy Azalea, stage name of Australian rapper Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 1990)
• Iggy Pop, stage name of American punk rock singer and occasional actor James Newell Osterberg, Jr. (born 1947)
• Iggy Arroyo (1950–2012), Filipino politician
• Iggy Clarke (born 1952), Irish retired hurler
• Jarome Iginla (born 1977), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Ralph Ignatowski (1926–1945), U.S. Marine tortured and killed at the Battle of Iwo Jima
• Andre Iguodala (born 1984), American basketball player
• Michael Ignatieff, historian and Canadian politician
• Iggy Jones (c. 1927–1992), Gaelic footballer from Northern Ireland
• Iggy Katona (1916–2003), American stock car racer
• Iggy O'Donnell (1876–c. 1946), Australian rugby union player
• Iggy Shevak, American jazz musician from the 1930s to at least the '50s
• Marshall Shurnas (1922–2006), American football player nicknamed "Iggie"
• Iggy Strange Dahl, Swedish songwriter
• Iggie Wolfington (1919–2004), American stage actor
• "Iggy the Eskimo", a girlfriend or acquaintance of Syd Barrett

Fictional characters

• Jim Ignatowski, from the TV series Taxi
• Iggy, one of the main characters from James Patterson's Maximum Ride book series
• Iggy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), from the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Iggy Arbuckle, the title character of a Canadian animated TV series
• Iggy Koopa, a video game character in the Super Mario Bros. series
• Iggy, a friend of the comics character Little Lulu
• Iggy, from the anime Ergo Proxy
• Dr. Ignatius "Iggy" Frome, played by Tyler Labine in the show New Amsterdam (2018 TV series)

See also

• Iggy's Reckin' Balls, a game for the Nintendo 64