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Globally, Ignat (Игнат , Ignat , Ігнат ) is a common male given name. The first name Ignat is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, where it is quite a common boy's name, Romania, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Ukraine, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. Also, Ignat is the last name as well as the forename.
Ignat is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Captain Lebyadkin , the character from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Demons, The Possessed.