Male name
Ignatius
136 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2020. Expression number: 1.
Origin
From Latin Ignātius, variant of gens name Egnātius, altered to resemble ignis (“fire”), establishing a folk etymology meaning akin to “Fiery One”. Of uncertain origin, perhaps originally borrowed from Etruscan. It might be related to Ancient Greek ἴγνης (ígnēs, “indigene”), ἴγνητος (ígnētos), from *ἔν-γνη-τες (*én-gnē-tes), formed from έν (én) + Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, produce”), also seen in γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”).From Wiktionary, entry “Ignatius”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2020: 12 births. 136 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 46 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2025: 100 births. 4,075 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1910s, 1920s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1910. It is still given: 453 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 7 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 3 + 1 = 37 → 1
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
9 + 1 + 9 + 3 = 22
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
7 + 5 + 2 + 1 = 15 → 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 4, 6, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.