Iggy
Iggy is a male or female name derived from the Roman family name Egnatius, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble the Latin word ignis "fire". It is sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Ignatius and similar names.
Iggy or Iggie may also refer to:
People
- Iggy Azalea, stage name of Australian rapper Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 1990)
- Iggy Pop, stage name of American punk rock singer and occasional actor James Newell Osterberg, Jr. (born 1947)
- Iggy Arroyo (1950–2012), Filipino politician
- Iggy Clarke (born 1952), Irish retired hurler
- Jarome Iginla (born 1977), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Ralph Ignatowski (1926–1945), U.S. Marine tortured and killed at the Battle of Iwo Jima
- Andre Iguodala (born 1984), American basketball player
- Michael Ignatieff, historian and Canadian politician
- Iggy Jones (c. 1927–1992), Gaelic footballer from Northern Ireland
- Iggy Katona (1916–2003), American stock car racer
- Iggy O'Donnell (1876–c. 1946), Australian rugby union player
- Iggy Shevak, American jazz musician from the 1930s to at least the '50s
- Marshall Shurnas (1922–2006), American football player nicknamed "Iggie"
- Iggy Strange Dahl, Swedish songwriter
- Iggie Wolfington (1919–2004), American stage actor
- "Iggy the Eskimo", a girlfriend or acquaintance of Syd Barrett
Fictional characters
- Jim Ignatowski, from the TV series Taxi
- Iggy, one of the main characters from James Patterson's Maximum Ride book series
- Iggy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), from the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Iggy Arbuckle, the title character of a Canadian animated TV series
- Iggy Koopa, a video game character in the Super Mario Bros. series
- Iggy, a friend of the comics character Little Lulu
- Iggy, from the anime Ergo Proxy
- Dr. Ignatius "Iggy" Frome, played by Tyler Labine in the show New Amsterdam (2018 TV series)
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