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Ignatius?

107 replies

EmJo1 · 13/07/2021 23:14

I've checked previous threads and they're quite a few years old. What are current thoughts on this name? We keep returning to it but wonder whether we should just put it to rest?

We already have a Hugo.

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LadyLolaRuben · 14/07/2021 19:52

Please don't do it

Sundance5 · 14/07/2021 19:49

This was on my boys list but never had a boy! I wanted Iggy as a nickname. I think it would be a cool name.

Etinox · 14/07/2021 19:48

Euf, @midsomermurderess beat me to it with the nn Nacho.
The thing with giving a child a name with a load of baggage is whether they know the baggage iykwim. One of mine has a very unusual very religious name and being able to explain what it meant, counter with a joke and why it was chosen meant it wasn’t a big deal. I’d not choose it if you’re not RC.

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 14/07/2021 19:45

I love it and know an 18 year old Ignatius. He's known as Iggy and is cooler than cool .

theheartofthematter · 14/07/2021 19:38

I know a baby Ignacio. He is called Iggy. I think it's cool

newlabelwriter · 14/07/2021 19:04

Love it and wanted it for DS but DH objected. I was going to call him Iggy for short.

Dulcinae · 14/07/2021 19:03

It's memorable.

GirlAloud · 14/07/2021 18:53

Awful name, and completely unfair on the poor little chap. Would you want to be called Ignatius? Really?

Lipz · 14/07/2021 18:52

It's too close to Dignitas. It'd be a no from me.

ProperVexed · 14/07/2021 18:52

Well.....I love it!

MadMadMadamMim · 14/07/2021 18:50

Unless you are desperate for him to grow up, join a monastery and be known as Brother Ignatius I can't imagine what you make you consider this.

It's dreadful.

FriedasCarLoad · 14/07/2021 18:48

I really like it, but I would assume you were very Roman Catholic.

midsomermurderess · 14/07/2021 18:43

I like the nickname in Spanish, Nacho. It seems very Catholic too me. That's my background. I'm being neither overtly or covertly anti-catholic. I am so bored of poster roaming boards to pull people up over nonexistent offences, just to swell their sanctimonious egos.

MargosKaftan · 14/07/2021 18:33

Actually I like it- Iggy is very very cool as a nickname.

It is, however, rather a "bigger" name than Hugo in every sense.

FleetwoodRaincoat · 14/07/2021 18:24

No. No. No.

MaMelon · 14/07/2021 18:17

In which case I apologise for my poor choice of words and will ask for it to be removed.

Nuggetnugget · 14/07/2021 17:43

I would find it quite a strong name that makes a statement. It's a lot to put on a child but I do like it.

What about Jude?

DamsonJammyBastard · 14/07/2021 17:40

I tend to agree with that.

DoorAjar · 14/07/2021 17:27

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CurryLover55 · 14/07/2021 17:21

No way!

MaMelon · 14/07/2021 17:06

There's a lot of deeply odd and overt anti-Catholicism on this thread

It’s a name that’s used traditionally by Catholic families. Acknowledging that is not anti Catholic.

Tinselandlights · 14/07/2021 16:42

I'm Catholic and at my v bog-standard school there were all sorts of names, he'd have gone by Iggy there, but there were several of those kinds of names (Bernadette, Imelda types) - I'm mid 30s.

My DD will be starting in a not remotely posh Catholic school in September and there are lots of kids called things like Mary, Vincent, Monica, Francis etc so I don't think it would stick out too much, though it is unusual.

ParsleyDill · 14/07/2021 16:41

There's a lot of deeply odd and overt anti-Catholicism on this thread. Hmm

It may be a 'Rees-Mogg' name in English circles, but it's a perfectly ordinary name in many other parts of the world, and no more to do with religion of any particular stripe than Biblical names like Elijah, Joshua or Isaac.

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PaulaPetunia · 14/07/2021 16:31

I prefer Xavier as a name.

MaMelon · 14/07/2021 16:30

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