Ignjatić (Serbian Cyrillic: Игњатић), is a Serbian surname,[1] a patronymic derived from the masculine given name Ignjat and mostly found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.[2]

Ignjatić
Origin
Language(s)Serbo-Croatian
Word/nameIgnjat
Region of originOld Herzegovina
Other names
Variant form(s)

The vast majority of bearers of the surname are Eastern Orthodox (Serbian Orthodox Church) and declare as ethnic Serbs,[1][3] although there are some Croats with the surname.[3] Most of the Orthodox maintain the tradition of slava (patron saint veneration) of St. John the Baptist (Jovanjdan)[4] - other slavas are present as well (such as Saint George's Day[4]).

It may refer to the following people:

References

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  1. ^ a b Dedijer, Jevto (1909). Naselja srpskih zemalja, knjiga VI [Settlements of the Serbian lands, vol.7] (in Serbian). Beograd: Etnografski zbornik.
  2. ^ "Ignjatic Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Prezime Ignjatić, actacroatica.com
  4. ^ a b Đurić-Kozić, Obren (1903). Šuma, Površ i Zupci u Hercegovini [Šuma, Površ and Zupci in Hercegovina] (in Serbian). Beograd: Etnografski zbornik. OCLC 28403830.