Ignat
A Greek name meaning "fiery", and a close cousin of the more familiar Ignacy. In Poland it stays rare: most people here have never met one, and it turns up now only in a handful of małopolskie families.
Ignat Pronunciation
Ignat is pronounced EEG-naht (/ˈignat/).
What Ignat means
Where Ignat comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ignat reaches Polish from the Greek Ignatios, and it settled most firmly in Russian, where Ignat is the plain, spoken form. The early bishop Ignatius of Antioch, martyred in the second century, wore the name in its Greek dress long before it moved north and east.
The meaning most people attach to it, fiery, comes later. In Polish that sense is ognisty or płomienny. It arrived through the Latin ignis, fire, whose sound sits close to Ignat. The Greek root does not promise flame. The fire was read into the name rather than born with it.
In Poland the name wears a different coat: Ignacy. A boy signed Ignacy in a school register in Kraków shares his root with every Russian Ignat. Say either one and you reach back to Ignatios, and to the fire that Latin lent it.
How many people are named Ignat
1 in 229529 men in Poland is named Ignat. 93 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3607 among male names.
Ignat's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Ignat is most popular
Ignat is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+852%