Ignatius

Great name 😁

I love it personally

Nate is a good alternative nn also.

I like it! And Iggy is a great nn.

Cate Blanchett’s son is Ignatius, so if it’s good enough for her…

Cassian is also great.

And I quite like Fabian

I love it.

Absolutely not. It's awful.

Makes me think of Iguanas

It seems a big name to pull off, Iggy isn't bad though. At least its different from Archie, Charlie, Jack etc

Love Ignatius (Iggy for short)
Also: Benedict (Ben) and Augustine (August / Auggy)

I like Ignatius. There are lots of lovely boys names after saints, Maximilian, Sebastian, Alban, Benedict, Patrick.

Aww that’s was my dad’s name ! Large Irish Catholic family where most of them were named after saints . My son has it as a middle name too. Dad’s name was shortened to Nachi 😍 his brother was Gabriel .

Anything that puts people in mind even vagueley of Rees Mogg absoloutely to be avoided at all costs, imo.

Never heard it before but I think it sounds good, especially with the history behind the name. A solid, strong name for a boy.

Moses, Cassian and Fabian are all equally as nice.

Great choices, OP!

My first thought is Ignatius J Reilly in the cult classic A Confederacy of Dunces. Worth looking up as I wouldn’t be the only one just so you understand the reference. But I definitely wouldn’t let that hold you back as it’s so niche and I quite like the name.

Popular in Eastern European countries and catholic ones for people over 40. I’d group it with names like Thaddeus Francis, Stefan etc. Due a come back? No it will never be mainstream. But has a standard pronunciation and good nickname potential. I would assume you’d named him for a grandparent and it’s pretentious but not cringingly so.

I would think his parents had ambitions for him to be a priest, frankly.

That or were incredibly pretentious. I think it's a dreadful think to inflict on a child.

Definitely not to my taste and made me think of the word ignoramus, Ignacio as suggested is a bit better but I do agree with pp I would probably assume parents were a bit pretentious if I met a child with the name. I love the name Ptolemy which I would put in a similar ball park but would never use it because it just feel a bit too try hard and not all kids are going to want to have to work to pull off such a distinctive name. That said at least it has nickname options with Iggy or Nate, Nate is a fairly usual name if your son wants to blend in or Iggy a bit more cool if he suits it.

In lreland we come across Iggy at times but l think most people would see lgnacious as an old priests name or something.
Edmund lgnacious Rice was the founder of the Christian Brothers Schools here and while he was a good man the schools got a reputation for severe corporal punishment etc so not too well looked on now.
A aints name here that is a bit unusual in children is Senan which l love.

I’m not a fan of Ignatius, and I’m generally a fan of longer boys names (I love Aloysius for example). It does seem very Jacob Rees Mogg - which was feedback I got about Aloysius and it was enough to put me off using the name, as that’s not the impression I want to create. I do like Ignacio, and Nacho as a nickname but then I was huge Nacho fan in Better Call Saul.

I love all your other boys names though I’d assume a Moses came from a very devout family.

@DaisyJoy1 haha, I've just googled as well - I genuinely thought Ignatius was actually one of his kids names 😅. To be fair is daughter's name is pretty sensible, if quite long.

If you like that vibe how about Boniface or Wulfric? 😁

Seriously though, if you like it I'd go for it. I do prefer Nate as a nickname though, I feel that would age better than Iggy which is fine for a baby/child but maybe not on an adult.

Good nicknames but I don't know, I just can't imagine a 42 year old accountant called that. It's not too out there if you love it though, just be ready for the eyebrow raises.

Think about your surname too, there are probably a few which might sound weird with such a 'fancy' first name.

I would assume you were very committed Catholics with that name. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

You have to go pretty far down the Google search page to find a thing that is not about st Ignatius of Loyola or about a school named after him.

Having said that Iggy and Nate are great nick names.

If you like that type of name what about Augustine? nn Gus

I think it's definitely a bold name. It goes against the current trends for boy's names in the UK - short, nicknamey names like Alfie and Jack. So I can see it being polarising. But I think it's usable, especially if you live in a reasonably multicultural area.

Every time I come across a name like Ignatius or Aloysius, it's usually an elderly Irish man who was so named because of the saint.

Agree, I do too. Not at all too prententious and fairly common here.

I love your girls names but if I saw a boy called Ignatius I would probably think his parents were pretentious twits, sorry! I reckon you should go with what you love though. Who cares what anyone else thinks.