Iggy
Iggy or Iggie is a male or female given name.
It is often a short form of the Roman Latin names Ignatia (feminine) and Ignatius (masculine), or their derivatives in other European languages. As such the name is derived ultimately from the Etruscan language family name Egnat, the meaning of which is unknown. (The Romans added the Latin nominative endings -ia and -ius.) A spelling with an initial "I" later became dominant, possibly because of a resemblance to the Latin word ignis "fire".[citation needed]
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
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