Boy · Basque
Íñigo
Say it: EE-nyee-goh
Meaning
From medieval Basque Enneco, of uncertain meaning; it was later identified with Ignatius after Íñigo López de Loyola took that name.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Spread from 9th-century Navarre across Castile and remains in use in Spain.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 124 babies given this name since 2000
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 119,600 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Basque | Eneko |
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Famous bearers
- Íñigo Arista, first king of Pamplona
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola, born Íñigo López de Loyola
- Íñigo López de Mendoza, Marquis of Santillana, poet
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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