Iggy
Iggy is a male name derived from the Roman family name Egnatius, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble Latin ignis "fire".
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, 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
- Iggy Suarez (born 1981), American minor league baseball manager and former player
- 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), a fictional character 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, a character from the anime Ergo Proxy
Other uses
- Tropical Cyclone Iggy, in the 2011–12 Australian region cyclone season
- St. Ignatius College Prep, a Chicago, Illinois, secondary school occasionally referred to as "Iggy"
- Iggy's, a fine dining restaurant in Singapore
- Italian Greyhound, a breed of dog, often abbreviated as "I.G." or "Iggy"
See also
- Iggy's Reckin' Balls, a game for the Nintendo 64
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