Inigo

Inigo
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	English
Other names
Derived	Latin ignotus, meaning "unknowing"
Related names	Ignatius

Inigo is an English male name that is an adaptation of the Spanish Íñigo, in turn a rendering of the Basque name Eneko,.^[1] The ultimate origins remain obscure, in part due to the lack of early records in the Basque language. The name appears in Latin, as Enneco, and Arabic, as Wannaqo (ونقه), reports of Íñigo Arista, who became the first king of Pamplona in the first half of the 9th century, and can be compared with its feminine form, Oneca. It was frequently represented in medieval documents as Ignatius, which is thought to come from the Roman name Egnatius, from the Latin ignotus, meaning "unknowing".,^[2] or from the Latin word for fire, ignis. This may represent the ultimate origin of the Basque Eneko, or the familiar Ignatius may simply have served as a convenient substitution, with the two names having independent origins.

Inigo

The name Inigo may refer to:

• Inigo Jones (1573–1652), British architect
• John Inigo Richards (1731–1810), British painter
• Inigo Owen Jones (1872–1954), British meteorologist
• Inigo Campioni (1878–1944), Italian admiral

In fiction

• Inigo Montoya, a fictional character in The Princess Bride
• Inigo Pipkin, fictional puppet maker in Pipkins
• Inigo Byrne, Successful British singer song-writer

Íñigo

The Spanish version, Íñigo, may refer to:

Politics

• Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (1956 – ), Spanish politician

Sportsmen

• Íñigo Cuesta (1969 – ), Spanish cyclist
• Iñigo Idiakez (1973 – ), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Southampton F.C.
• Iñigo Monreal (1974 – ), former Spanish athlete
• Iñigo Landaluze (1977 – ), Spanish cyclist
• Iñigo Díaz de Cerio (1984 – ), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Real Sociedad
• Iñigo Vélez (1982 – ), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Real Murcia
• Iñigo Larrainzar (1971 – ), Spanish footballer, retired

Artists

• Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana (1398–1458), Castilian poet
• Íñigo Urrutia (1975– ), Chilean film, television and theatre actor

Religious figures and saints

• St. Íñigo of Oña (Ignatius, Enecus) (d. 1057), Castilian abbot
• Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1476–1535), Castilian clergyman and diplomat, former Archbishop of Burgos
• Íñigo López de Loyola, known as Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Society of Jesus

Spanish nobles

• Íñigo Vélez de Guevara is the name of three members of a Spanish noble family from the 17th century
• Íñigo Arista of Pamplona (d. 852), a king of Pamplona

Last name

• Ernesto Galán Íñigo (1986 – ), Spanish footballer, currently playing for Girona FC

Other

• Cyclone Inigo was a cyclone during the 2002–03 Australian region cyclone season

See also

• Ignatius
• Ignacio

References

1. ^ Behind the Name – Inigo
2. ^ 20000 names project

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