Isidore

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Isidore
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Isidore of Seville
Pronunciation/ˈɪzɪdɔːr/ (English)
[izidɔʁ] (French)
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameEnglish and French, from Greek
Meaning"gift of Isis"
Other names
Nickname(s)Dori, Dory, Issy, Itchik, Izzy, Sid, Siddy
Related namesIsadore, Isador, Isidoro, Esidoro, Isidro, Ysidro, Isidor

Isidore (/ˈɪzɪdɔːr/; IZ-ə-dawr), also spelled Isador, Isadore and Isidor) is an English and French masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek name Isídor - Isídōros (Ἰσίδωρος) and can literally be translated to "gift of Isis." The name has survived in various forms throughout the centuries. Although it has never been a common name, it has historically been popular due to its association with Catholic figures and among the Jewish diaspora. Isidora is the feminine form of the name.

Pre-modern era[]

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Religious figures[]

Others[]

  • Isidore of Charax (fl. 1st century), Greek geographer
  • Isidore of Alexandria (died c. 520), Greco-Egyptian philosopher
  • Isidore of Miletus, Greek architect who co-designed the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537
  • Isidore (inventor), according to legend the Russian Orthodox monk erroneously credited with producing the first genuine recipe of Russian vodka c. 1430

Modern world[]

Ordered alphabetically by last name
  • Isidore Gordon Ascher (1835–1933), British-Canadian novelist and poet
  • Isidor Bajic (1878–1915), Serbian composer, pedagogue and publisher
  • Isidore Bakanja (c. 1885–1909), beatified martyr in the Belgium Congo
  • Isadore Coop (1926-2003), Canadian architect
  • Isador Coriat (1875–1943), American psychiatrist and neurologist
  • Ivor Cutler (born Isadore; 1923–2006), Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist
  • Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870), French poet best known under the nom de plume of Comte de Lautréamont
  • Isidor Izzy Einstein (1880–1938), American federal police officer during the Prohibition era
  • Isadore Friz Freleng (1906–1995), American cartoonist
  • Isador Goodman (1909–1982), South African-Australian musician and composer
  • Isidor Gunsberg (1854–1930), Hungarian chess player
  • Isidore Itzkowitz (1892–1964), better known as Eddie Cantor, American performer and comedian
  • Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes
  • Izidor Kürschner (1885–1941), Hungarian football player and coach
  • Joseph Isadore Lieberman, better known as Joe Lieberman (born 1942), American politician, a Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013) and Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party in 2000 United States Presidential Election
  • Isidore Newman (fl. 1903), founder of the Isidore Newman School
  • Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), Hungarian-French pianist, composer and pedagogue
  • Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988), Galician-born American physicist and Nobel laureate
  • Isidor Rosenthal (1836–1915), German physiologist
  • Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (1949–1987), better known as Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé military officer and socialist revolutionary
  • Isadore Singer (1924-2021), American mathematician
  • Isador Sobel (1858–1939), American lawyer
  • Isidore Spielmann (1854–1925), British art critic and exhibition organizer
  • I. F. Stone (1907–1989), American investigative journalist
  • Isidor Straus (1845–1912), co-owner of Macy's, drowned in the sinking of RMS Titanic
  • Isador Samuel Turover (1892–1978), Belgian-American chess master
  • Chief Isadore (fl. 1860s), leader of the Ktunaxa/Kootenay people in the Tobacco Plains War
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