Nacho (given name)
Nacho is the common short form of the Spanish name Ignacio. The feminine form is Nacha, for the given name Ignacia.
Origin
Although there is no official record for it, it seems to be connected with the visit of Ignacio de Loyola to Rome in 1538 to get the Pope's approval for his foundation of the Company of Jesus. During his stay in Italy, the Italian pronunciation of his Spanish name, Ignacio, led to the form Nacho and remained as a familiar way to address people named Ignacio. Since then, Jesuits are commonly called "nachos".Film and television
- Nacho Barahona, Spanish film editor
- Nacho Cerdà, Spanish film director
- Nacho Galindo (actor), Mexican-American actor
- Nacho Guerreros, Spanish actor
- Nacho Martínez, Spanish actor
- Nacho Vidal, Spanish pornographic actor
- Nacho Vigalondo, Spanish filmmaker
- Nacho Varga, fictional character from ''Better Call Saul''
Music
- Nacho Cano, Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer
- Nacho Canut, Spanish bass player in the band Fangoria
- Nacho Chapado, Spanish Dj and producer
- Nacho (singer), Venezuelan singer, songwriter and political activist Miguel Ignacio Mendoza Donatti
- Nacho Galindo (singer), Mexican singer for the group Conjunto Primavera
- Nacho Picasso, American rapper
Sports
Basketball
- Nacho Azofra, Spanish basketball player
- Nacho Díez, Spanish basketball player
- Nacho Martín, Spanish basketball player
- Nacho Rodríguez, Spanish basketball player
- Nacho Yáñez, Spanish basketball player
Football
- Nacho (footballer, born 1955), José Ignacio Pérez Frías, Spanish footballer
- Nacho (footballer, born 1967), José Ignacio Fernández Palacios, Spanish retired footballer
- Nacho (footballer, born 1980), Ignacio Pérez Santamaría, Spanish retired footballer
- Nacho (footballer, born 1989), José Ignacio Martínez García, Spanish footballer
- Nacho (footballer, born 1990), José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias, Spanish footballer
- Nacho (footballer, born 1993), Ignacio Agustín Sánchez Romo, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Casanova, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Cases, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Fernández (footballer, born 1980), Ignacio Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Garro, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Miras, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Monreal, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Monsalve, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Neira, Spanish footballer
- Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
- Ronald García, Bolivian footballer nicknamed "Nacho"
- Nacho González (footballer, born 1971), Ignacio Carlos González Cavallo, Argentine goalkeeper
- Nacho González (footballer, born 1982), Ignacio María González, Uruguayan midfielder
- Nacho Pérez, Spanish footballer Nacho Pérez Gómez
- Ignacio Scocco, Argentine footballer nicknamed "Nacho"
Other sports
- Nacho Albergamo, former All-American college football player
- Nacho Elvira, Spanish golfer
- Nacho Figueras, Argentine polo player and face of Ralph Lauren Polo fragrances
Other fields
- Ignacio Anaya, Mexican restaurateur credited as the creator of Nachos
- Nacho Duato, Spanish classical ballet dancer and choreographer
- Nacho López, Mexican photojournalist