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I dislike both. The look of double zz doesn't appeal to me, and Iggy sounds too much like "piggy". I can only tolerate it because of Iggy Pop.

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I would prefer both for a boy if I had to. Full names Isidore and Igor. If they were girls, Ismene or Isidora and Ingrid.

Izzy is alright. I've seen it as short for Elizabeth and Isabella.

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Iggy sounds like Iggy Pop, Iggy Azalea, and iguanas.

I like Iggy, but I’m tired of Izzy.

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B/B: Ignatz “Iggy” and Isidore “Izzy”
G/B: Iseult “Izzy” and Ignatz “Iggy”
B/G: Isidore “Izzy” and Ignatia “Iggy”
G/G: Ignatia “Iggy” and Isolde “Izzy”

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Iggy would also be a cute nickname for Antigone and Edviga / Hedwig / Jadwiga.

I've never cared for them. Iggy sounds too much like "icky" to me and it also reminds me of iguanas. I like Ignatius, but the possibility of the "Iggy" nickname might keep me from using it (Ignatius nn "Nate" is neato though). I'm not sure why I don't like Izzy. It's fun and zippy, but it just looks weird to me. I like Isidore and Isidora as the full names. Isabel is nice too, but Isabella is a little too frilly for me.

The nicknames aren't really my thing. My brain keeps transforming Izzy and Iggy to Ziggy for some reason...

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I'd like these for full names:

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Girls
Isobel and Solvig

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Boys
Figaro and Faris

I think they are fine as nicknames, but not given names.

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I'd go with Isadora or Izadora for Izzy. I've never thought of the Izadora spelling before, but the Z's in Izzy makes me wanna do it.

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As for Iggy the obvious choice is Ignatius !

Izzy seems ditzy and reminds me of dizzy/tizzy.
Iggy reminds me of Ziggy Star Dust, Iggy Pop, Iggy Azalea.

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Ignacia and Isidore
Isidora and Ignatius
Igraine and Isildur

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I think the 3rd option is the most fun, but I'd be most likely to use the 1st for those NNs, or with the same gender, a combination of the 1st two.

This message was edited 5/26/2020, 11:42 AM

Off the top of my head, Izzy = Isabel and Iggy = Ignatius. Both have a comic-strip air about them.

Izzy sounds childish and silly, but it's not atrocious. Iggy sounds like the name of a piglet. I'd choose Isobel and Ignatius respectively.

Izzy, for Isabel Isabella Isadora Isabeau
I don't like Iggy, can't think of any names that I like

This message was edited 5/26/2020, 1:56 PM

Izzy's always struck me as a kind of borscht-belt bartender cliché type name. I know people use it for Isabel or Isabella, but it just seems weird.
Iggy I have no idea. The only Iggy I ever knew of was somebody's pet iguana. I guess it would be short for Ignatius, but … nobody seems to be named Ignatius anymore. Even in the book "Iggie's House" by Judy Blume, which is a really crummy book btw, we never find out what Iggie is short for, if it's short for anything.