Ignatius
English
Etymology
From Latin Ignātius, variant of gens name Egnātius, altered to resemble ignis (“fire”), establishing a folk etymology meaning akin to “Fiery One”. Of uncertain origin, perhaps originally borrowed from Etruscan.
It might be related to Ancient Greek ἴγνης (ígnēs, “indigene”), ἴγνητος (ígnētos), from *ἔν-γνη-τες (*én-gnē-tes), formed from έν (én) + Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, produce”), also seen in γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”).[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭg-nā′shəs, IPA(key): /ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/
- Hyphenation: Ig‧na‧tius
Proper noun
Ignatius
- A male given name from Latin; of mostly Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox usage in English.
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 108/140 CE)
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
male given name
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References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἴγνητες”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtːius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːt̪̚ˌt̪ius̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡnɑːtsius/, [ˈiɡnɑ̝ːtˌs̠ius̠] (influenced by Swedish)
- Rhymes: -ius
- Syllabification(key): Ig‧na‧ti‧us
- Hyphenation(key): Ig‧na‧ti‧us
Proper noun
Ignatius
- a Finnish surname from Latin
Declension
| Inflection of Ignatius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Ignatius | Ignatiukset | |
| genitive | Ignatiuksen | Ignatiusten Ignatiuksien | |
| partitive | Ignatiusta | Ignatiuksia | |
| illative | Ignatiukseen | Ignatiuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ignatius | Ignatiukset | |
| accusative | nom. | Ignatius | Ignatiukset |
| gen. | Ignatiuksen | ||
| genitive | Ignatiuksen | Ignatiusten Ignatiuksien | |
| partitive | Ignatiusta | Ignatiuksia | |
| inessive | Ignatiuksessa | Ignatiuksissa | |
| elative | Ignatiuksesta | Ignatiuksista | |
| illative | Ignatiukseen | Ignatiuksiin | |
| adessive | Ignatiuksella | Ignatiuksilla | |
| ablative | Ignatiukselta | Ignatiuksilta | |
| allative | Ignatiukselle | Ignatiuksille | |
| essive | Ignatiuksena | Ignatiuksina | |
| translative | Ignatiukseksi | Ignatiuksiksi | |
| abessive | Ignatiuksetta | Ignatiuksitta | |
| instructive | — | Ignatiuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Ignatius is the 1861st (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 457 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
A collateral form of Egnātius, altered to resemble ignis (“fire”), establishing a folk etymology meaning akin to “Fiery One”. Of uncertain origin, perhaps originally borrowed from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈnaː.ti.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɲˈɲat̪.t̪͡s̪i.us]
Proper noun
Ignātius m sg (genitive Ignātiī or Ignātī); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Ignatius
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ignātius |
| genitive | Ignātiī Ignātī1 |
| dative | Ignātiō |
| accusative | Ignātium |
| ablative | Ignātiō |
| vocative | Ignātī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Ἰγνάτιος (Ignátios), Ἐγνάτιος (Egnátios)
- → Greek: Ιγνάτιος (Ignátios), Εγνάτιος (Egnátios)
- → Basque: Inazio, Iñaki
- → Catalan: Ignasi
- → French: Ignace
- → Galician: Ignacio
- → German: Ignaz
- → Italian: Ignazio
- → Polish: Ignacy
- → Portuguese: Inácio
- → Romanian: Ignațiu
- → Serbo-Croatian: Ignacije, Ignjat, → Vatroslav (calque)
- → Sicilian: Gnazziu
- → Spanish: Ignacio