Ignatius?

[EmJo1]

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.

I quite like it but they would need to be confident child.

Not for me I'm afraid

Too much. Far too much. Hugo is fine. Ignatius no.

Awful just awful...please don't call your child that

Always kind of liked Ignacio - the Spanish version, but Ignatius sounds a rather grumpy person so I wouldn't like it on a young person.

Oh God No dont do it to him!

Sounds like a contagious disease - sorry

First reactions

Ignorant/ignorance/Ignoble

Ignatius Peverell (Harry Potter, Deathly Hallows)

Ignatius of Antioch, which popped up as a distant memory of something churchy.

Very Catholic.

Please don't name your child that!

Very Catholic

That's exactly what I was going to say.

I quite like it though. Iggy is nice.

A monks name. Sorry OP.

Poor kid would be forever getting 'he's no saint'.
(Well, unless he was but normal kids aren't)

Awful.

Absolutely not.

Super religious, Ignatius Loyola started the Jesuits.

Tbh if you live in Grimsby, no. If you live in Shoreditch, possibly yes.

Good one

Oh, wait...

I know a newborn Ignatius nn Iggy.

I think it's fine.

I don't think he'll stand out amongst all the other 'unusual' names.

I do agree that how many eyebrows are raised will depend on location.

In London, not a single eyebrow. Wouldn't even register.

I'd assume devout Catholic parents. I know an Ignatius who changed his name to Tom.

Very Catholic and far too much.

I know two — one an academic in his 60s, the other a fearsomely cool twelve year old. Both known as Iggy.

I like it.

Ignacio is better, another good Spanish Saint is Isidro.

I absolutely love it. Was on my list of boy names, but I didn't get to use it. So cool. NN Iggy. Fab.