Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in Wales.
Early traces of the name Eneko go back to Roman times, but the first certain attestation of it is from the early Middle Ages. The name appears in Latin, as Enneco, and Arabic, as Wannaqo (ونقه) in reports of Íñigo Arista, who ruled Pamplona in the first half of the 9th century, and can be compared with its feminine form, Oneca. It was frequently represented in medieval documents as Ignatius (Spanish "Ignacio"), which is thought to be etymologically distinct, coming from the Roman name Egnatius, from Latin ignotus, meaning "unknowing", 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.
The name Inigo may refer to:
Inigo Jones (1573–1652), British architectJohn Inigo Richards (1731–1810), British painterInigo Owen Jones (1872–1954), British meteorologistInigo Triggs (1876–1923), British garden designer and authorInigo Campioni (1878–1944), Italian admiralInigo Montoya, a fictional swordsman in The Princess BrideInigo Pipkin, fictional puppet maker in PipkinsInigo, The First Dreamer, a fictional religious figure in Peter F. Hamilton's Void TrilogyInigo, a playable character in Fire Emblem: AwakeningInigo Skinner, a fictional clerk in Terry Pratchett's The Fifth ElephantInigo, the central character of a popular fan-made mod developed for the video game Skyrim.The Spanish version, Íñigo, may refer to:
Íñigo Cuesta (born 1969), Spanish Basque cyclistIñigo Díaz de Cerio (born 1984), Spanish Basque footballer, currently playing for CD MirandésIñigo Idiakez (born 1973), Spanish Basque retired footballer, well known for playing at Real SociedadIñigo Martínez (born 1991), Spanish Basque footballer, currently playing for Real SociedadIñigo Monreal (born 1974), Spanish Basque former athleteIñigo Landaluze (born 1977), Spanish Basque cyclistIñigo Larrainzar (born 1971), Spanish Basque retired footballerIñigo Pérez (born 1987), Spanish Navarrese footballer, currently playing for Athletic BilbaoIñigo Ruiz de Galarreta (born 1993), Spanish Basque footballer, also currently playing for Athletic BilbaoIñigo Vélez (born 1982), Spanish Basque footballer, currently playing for Xerez CDÍñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana (1398–1458), Castilian poetÍñigo Arocena, keyboards & guitar in Rock Privado (1971), Basque musicianIñigo Aguerri, composer, accordinist and, vocalist in the world music group Mielotxin , Navaresse basque musicianÍñigo López de Loyola, known as Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Society of JesusSt. Íñigo of Oña (Ignatius, Enecus) (d. 1057), Castilian abbotÍñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1476–1535), Castilian clergyman and diplomat, former Archbishop of BurgosÍñigo Arista of Pamplona (d. 852), a king of PamplonaÍñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías (1462-1528), Grandee and military leaderÍñigo López (floruit 1040–1076), first Lord of BiscayÍñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the InfantadoÍñigo Vélez de Guevara (disambiguation), the name of three members of a Spanish noble family from the 17th centuryIñigo Urkullu, lehendakari of the Basque GovernmentÍñigo Méndez de Vigo (1956 – ), Spanish politicianÍñigo Balboa y Aguirre, narrator and squire of the title character in the Captain Alatriste series by Arturo Pérez-Reverte