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 clicked before realising this was on baby names, and thought it was to do with an illness or disease I hadn't yet heard of.

So I'm afraid for me it's a no.

Brave choice. Wouldn't be my choice.

I do actually know one - calls himself Igz.

It's a very RC name

I know one who must be about 5 and is usually known as Iggy

I like it

I love it. Iggy for short.

Just don't do that to your child please.

Sounds like a Harry Potter character.

I love Ignacio though.

Very popular as a middle name here because of Jesuits. How about Xavier as in St Francis Xavier .Goes with Hugo .?

I prefer Xavier as a name.

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

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.

edited by MNHQ to remove repeat of withdrawn post.

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.

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.

No way!

I tend to agree with that.

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?

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

No. No. No.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Well.....I love it!

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

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