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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Inigo / Iñigo
| image=Íñigo Arista de Pamplona 01.jpg
| imagesize=
| caption= [[Íñigo Arista of Pamplona]]
| pronunciation=
| gender = Male
| meaning =
| region =
| origin = Basque
| related names = Eneko, Iñaki, Ignatius, Yñigo
| footnotes =
| derived = [[Basque language|Basque]] ''Eneko'', ''ene-'' "mine", ''-ko'' (hypocoristic) "my little (love/dear)"
}}
'''Inigo''' is a masculine given name deriving from the [[Castilian Spanish|Castilian]] rendering ('''Íñigo''') of the medieval [[Basque language|Basque]] name [[Eneko (given name)|Eneko]].<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=in14igo Behind the Name – Inigo]</ref> Ultimately, the name means "my little (man)".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euskaltzaindia.org/index.php?option=com_eoda&Itemid=191&lang=es&testua=eneko&view=izenak|title=Nombres: Eneko|publisher=[[Euskaltzaindia]] (The Royal Academy of the Basque Language)|accessdate=2009-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110164023/http://www.euskaltzaindia.org/index.php?option=com_eoda&Itemid=191&lang=es&testua=eneko&view=izenak|archive-date=2013-11-10|url-status=dead}} Article in Spanish</ref>  While mostly seen among the [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the [[United Kingdom]].
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.<ref>Ángel Martín Duque, "Del espejo ajeno a la memoria propia", in ''Signos de identidad histórica para Navarra'' (Pamplona, 1996), [https://www.fundacioncajanavarra.es/sites/default/files/signos_id_t1_can00010-100000000000000000000410.pdf vol. 1], pp. 21-50.</ref> In the early Middle Ages, the name appears in Latin, as ''Enneco'', and Arabic, as ''Wannaqo'' (ونقه) in reports of [[Íñigo Arista of Pamplona|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"),{{cn|date=June 2013}} which is thought to be etymologically distinct, coming from the Roman name Egnatius, from [[Latin]] ''ignotus'', meaning "unknowing",<ref>[http://www.20knames.com/male_e_names.htm#EGNATIUS 20000 names project]</ref> 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==
===Athletes===
*[[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===
*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===
*[[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, Lord of Biscay|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===
*[[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===
*[[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==
*[[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==
*[[José María Íñigo]] (1942–2018), Spanish journalist and television presenter
==See also==
*[[Indigo (given name)]]
*[[Ignatius]]
*[[Ignacio]]
==References==
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