Inigo is a Spanish form of a Basque name, traditionally linked with fiery or ardent meanings.
Inigo is a Spanish and Basque name that began as Íñigo, the original Basque form later Latinized into Ignatius. The Basque name likely derives from the Basque personal name Eneko, of uncertain etymology but ancient Iberian origin. Ignatius, the Latin form, was associated by medieval scholars with the Latin 'ignis' (fire), giving the name a false but evocative etymology of the 'fiery one' — false because the connection is folk etymology rather than linguistic fact, but so poetically apt that it stuck.
The most consequential bearer of this name in history was Íñigo López de Loyola, born in 1491 in the Basque Country, who later took the Latinized name Ignatius and founded the Society of Jesus, the Jesuit order, in 1540. Saint Ignatius of Loyola became one of the architects of the Counter-Reformation, and his Jesuit order went on to shape education, science, and theology worldwide. The name Inigo thus carries a formidable historical freight.
In the English-speaking world, the name found its most celebrated expression in Inigo Jones (1573–1652), the first great English classical architect, who introduced Palladian architecture to Britain and designed the Banqueting House in London. More recently, the name achieved beloved popular-culture status through Inigo Montoya in William Goldman's 1973 novel and 1987 film The Princess Bride — 'Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya.
You killed my father. Prepare to die.' — a line so embedded in Western culture that it effectively reintroduced the name to a generation of parents. Inigo has grown steadily in use in Britain and the United States since the film's release.