Ignaz

Ignaz , the short form of Latin Ignatius ('the fiery', from Latin ignis 'fire' ), is a male given name .

Name variants

Ignatz, Ignacio, Iñaki , Inácio , Ignas (Lithuanian), Ignacas (Lithuanian), Ignatios (Greek), Ignazio, Ignace, Nacho ( Spanish diminutive ), Ignacy ( Polish ), Ognjen ( Serbian ), Vatroslav ( Croatian ), Íñigo , Ignac ( Slovenian ), Ignác ( Czech and Slovak ), Ignat (Russian), Ignatiyos (Aramaic).

In southern Germany and Austria, the nickname "Nazi" was also common in the past. Ludwig Thoma wrote a play called The Shoemaker Nazi .

Ignatius of Antioch († approx. 107–110), probably since 68 Bishop of Antioch
Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits); 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. Canonized: Catholic and Anglican Memorial Day July 31st
Inácio de Azevedo († 1570), Portuguese missionary from the order of the Jesuits, martyr, blessed, Catholic July 15th
Ignatius Falzon , Catholic feast day: July 1st ;
Ignatius Capizzi (1708–1783), Sicilian popular preacher; Beatified in 1858; Catholic Memorial Day: September 27th
Ignati Brjantschaninow (1807–1867), Bishop of Stavropol, Orthodox Memorial Day: 30.4./13.5.
Ignatius of Santhià (1686–1770), Italian priest and Franciscan; Saint in the Catholic Church

Ignaz:

Ignaz Aumüller (1863–1900), politician, member of the Bavarian State Parliament
Ignaz von Born (1742–1791), mineralogist, geologist and leading head of the Vienna Illuminati
Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907), Austrian composer and pianist
Ignaz Anton Demeter (1773–1842), Archbishop of Freiburg (1839–1842)
Ignaz von Döllinger (1799–1890), Catholic theologian
Ignaz Finsterwalder (1708–1772), German plasterer
Ignaz Franz (1719–1790 in Breslau), Catholic priest, theologian and hymn poet
Ignaz Glaser (1853–1916), Bohemian sheet glass manufacturer
Ignaz Gulz (1814–1874), Austrian ophthalmologist
Ignaz Günther (1725–1775), German sculptor and representative of the Bavarian Rococo
Ignaz Kiechle (1930–2003), German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister
Ignaz Kirchner (1946–2018), German actor
Ignaz Knoblecher (1819–1858), Slovenian missionary in Africa
Ignaz Kögler (1680–1746), German Jesuit and missionary
Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895), German composer and conductor
Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870), Bohemian composer, pianist and music teacher
Ignaz Netzer (* 1956), German musician
Ignaz Petschek (1857–1934), Bohemian banker, wholesaler and industrialist
Ignaz Josef Pleyel (1757–1831), Austrian composer and piano manufacturer
Ignaz Seidl-Hohenveldern (1918–2001), Austrian legal scholar
Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865), discoverer of the cause of childbed fever
Ignaz Seipel (1876–1932), Austrian moral theologian and Federal Chancellor 1922–1924 and 1926–1929

Ignatz:

Ignatz Brenner von Felsach (1772–1849), Austrian diplomat and orientalist
Ignatz Bubis (1927–1999), German businessman, FDP politician and chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
Ignatz Bürgers (1815–1882), German lawyer and politician
Ignatz Feigel (1855–1922), Catholic politician in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Ignatz Hülswitt (1793–1832), German travel writer
Ignatz von Landsberg-Velen and Steinfurt (1830–1915), Westphalian and Prussian politician
Ignatz Lichtenstein (1825–1908), Hungarian rabbi
Ignatz Lieben (1805–1862), Austrian merchant, wholesaler and banker
Ignatz Schlomowicz (* 1918), Austrian concentration camp prisoner of Jewish origin
Ignatz Stroof (1838–1920), German chemist and industrialist
Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949), Polish-German composer and conductor
Ignatz Anton von Weiser (1701–1785), playwright and dialect poet and mayor of Salzburg

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Anja Ignatius (Anja Hirvensalo; 1911–1995), Finnish violinist and music teacher
David Ignatius (born 1950), American author
David Friedrich Ignatius (1765–1834), German Baltic theologian
Michael Ignatius (1713–1777), Livonian writer
Otto Friedrich Ignatius (1794–1824), Baltic German painter, writer and composer.
Paul Robert Ignatius (* 1920), former American entrepreneur, business manager and US Secretary of the Navy