Ignatius is a male name and a surname, from ignis "fire".

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Religious

  • Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop
  • Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Ignatios the Deacon (780/790 – after 845), Byzantine bishop and writer
  • Ignatius of Bulgaria, patriarch in 1272–1277
  • Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867), Russian Orthodox saint, bishop and ascetical writer
  • Ignatius of Jesus (1596–1667), Italian Catholic missionary friar
  • Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781), Italian Catholic saint
  • Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Basque Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus
  • Ignatius of Moscow (1540–1620), Russian Orthodox Patriarch
  • Ignatius Moses I Daoud (or Moussa Daoud) (1930–2012), Syrian Catholic Patriarch
  • Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (born 1933), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
  • Ignatius III Atiyah, 17th-century Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
  • Ignatius III David, 13th-century Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch
  • Ignatius IV Sarrouf (1742–1812), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
  • Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch (1921–2012), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
  • Ignatius V Qattan (1756–1833), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
  • First name of all the Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch since the 15th century
  • Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (born 1950), Indonesian prelate and current archbishop of Jakarta
  • Ignatius Phakoe (1927–1989), Lesotho Roman Catholic bishop

Other

  • Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979), Ghanaian military ruler
  • Ignatius Bernstein (1846–1900), Russian railroad engineer
  • Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870), British architect
  • Ignatius Cadette (born 1957), West Indian cricketer
  • Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852–1929), British writer and diplomat
  • Ignatius Chombo (born 1952), Zimbabwean politician
  • Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831–1901), American politician and writer
  • Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer and physician
  • Ignatius J. Galantin (1910–2004), American admiral
  • Ignatius Ganago (born 1999), Cameroonian professional footballer
  • Ignatius Joseph Kasimo Hendrowahyono (1900–1986), Indonesian politician
  • Ignatius Jones (1957–2024), Australian singer and producer
  • Ignatius K. Musaazi (1905–1990), Ugandan politician
  • Ignatius Leong (born 1956), Singaporean Chess Organizer
  • Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon (1857–1930), Irish lawyer
  • Igantius Xavier Pereira (1888–1951), Indian Tamil-Sri Lankan businessman and politician
  • Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780), British writer
  • Ignatius Scoles (1834–1896), British architect, priest and writer
  • Ignatius Shixwameni (born 1966), Namibian politician
  • Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969), Zimbabwean sculptor

Surname

  • Adi Ignatius (born 1959), American journalist
  • David Ignatius (born 1950), American journalist and writer
  • Hannes Ignatius (1871–1941), Finnish general
  • Karl Ferdinand Ignatius (1837–1909), Finnish politician
  • Paul Ignatius (1920–2025), American government official and businessman

Fictional characters

  • Ignatius, in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
  • Dr. Ignatius "Iggy" Frome, psychiatrist in TV series New Amsterdam
  • Ignatius Gallaher, in the short story "A Little Cloud" by James Joyce
  • Ignatius Mortimer Meen, the villain in the 1995 video game I.M. Meen
  • Ignatius Martin Perrish, in Horns by Joe Hill and the film adaptation
  • Ignatius J. Reilly, in A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
  • Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, in Disney’s 1989 film The Little Mermaid
  • Percy Ignatius Weasley, in Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

See also

  • 3562 Ignatius, main-belt asteroid
  • St. Ignatius
  • Vatroslav
  • Żegota