Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko.[1] Ultimately, the name means "my little (man)".[2] While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom.
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Basque |
| Other names | |
| Derived | Basque Eneko, ene- "mine", -ko (hypocoristic) "my little (love/dear)" |
| Related names | Eneko, Iñaki, Ignatius, Yñigo |
Early traces of the name Eneko go back to Roman times, when the Bronze of Ascoli included the name forms Enneges and Ennegenses among a list of Iberian horsemen granted Roman citizenship in 89 B.C.E.[3] In the early Middle Ages, the name appears in Latin, as Enneco, and Arabic, as Wannaqo (ونقه) in reports of Íñigo Arista (c. 790–851 or 852), a Basque who ruled Pamplona. It can be compared with its feminine form, Oneca. It was frequently represented in medieval documents as Ignatius (Spanish "Ignacio"),[citation needed] which is thought to be etymologically distinct, coming from the Roman name Egnatius, from Latin ignotus, meaning "unknowing",[4] or from the Latin word for fire, ignis. The familiar Ignatius may simply have served as a convenient substitution when representing the unfamiliar Íñigo/Eneko in scribal Latin.
People
editAthletes
edit- Iñigo Calderón (born 1982), Spanish Basque footballer who played at Brighton and Hove Albion
- Iñigo Córdoba (born 1997), Spanish Basque footballer
- Íñigo Cuesta (born 1969), Spanish Basque cyclist
- Iñigo Díaz de Cerio (born 1984), Spanish Basque footballer, currently playing for CD Mirandés
- Íñigo Eguaras (born 1992), Spanish Navarrese footballer
- Iñigo Idiakez (born 1973), Spanish Basque footballer who played for Real Sociedad
- Iñigo Martínez (born 1991), Spanish Basque footballer who played for Athletic Bilbao
- Iñigo Monreal (born 1974), Spanish Basque athlete
- Iñigo Landaluze (born 1977), Spanish Basque cyclist
- Iñigo Larrainzar (born 1971), Spanish Basque footballer
- Iñigo Pérez (born 1987), Spanish Navarrese footballer, currently playing for Athletic Bilbao
- Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (born 1993), Spanish Basque footballer, currently playing for Athletic Bilbao
- Iñigo Vélez (born 1982), Spanish Basque footballer, currently playing for Xerez CD
Religious figures and saints
edit- Íñigo López de Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Spanish Basque priest, theologian and saint, founder of the Society of Jesus
- Íñigo of Oña (Ignatius, Enecus) (d. 1057), Castilian abbot and saint
- Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1476–1535), Castilian clergyman and diplomat, Archbishop of Burgos
- Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1745–1813), Spanish monk and the first to document Puerto Rico's history
Nobles
edit- Íñigo Arista of Pamplona (died 852), king of Pamplona
- Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías (1462–1528), Spanish grandee and military leader
- Íñigo López (floruit 1040–1076), first Lord of Biscay
- Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado
- Íñigo Vélez de Guevara (disambiguation), three members of a Spanish noble family from the 17th century
Politicians
edit- Íñigo Errejón (born 1983), Spanish political scientist and politician
- Iñigo Urkullu (born 1961), lehendakari of the Basque Government
- Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (born 1956), Spanish politician
Other
edit- Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana (1398–1458), Castilian poet
- Inigo Campioni (1878–1944), Italian admiral
- Inigo Gallo (1932–2000), Swiss comedian and actor
- Inigo Jackson (1933–2001), British actor
- Inigo Jones (1573–1652), British architect
- Inigo Owen Jones (1872–1954), British meteorologist
- Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (born 1961), American artist and MacArthur Fellow
- Inigo Philbrick (born 1987/1988), American art dealer and convicted fraudster
- Inigo Triggs (1876–1923), British garden designer and author
Fictional characters
edit- Inigo Upcott, character in The Ink Black Heart novel
- Inigo Montoya, a swordsman in The Princess Bride
- Inigo Pipkin, a puppet maker in Pipkins
- Inigo Balboa, narrator of the Capitan Alatriste novels
- Inigo Jollifant, a piano player in The Good Companions, by J. B. Priestley
As surname
edit- José María Íñigo (1942–2018), Spanish journalist and television presenter
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Behind the Name – Inigo
- ^ "Nombres: Eneko". Euskaltzaindia (The Royal Academy of the Basque Language). Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2009-04-23. Article in Spanish
- ^ Ángel Martín Duque, "Del espejo ajeno a la memoria propia", in Signos de identidad histórica para Navarra (Pamplona, 1996), vol. 1, pp. 21-50.
- ^ 20000 names project
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