Isidore
![]() Isidore of Seville | |
Pronunciation | /ˈɪzɪdɔːr/ (English) [izidɔʁ] (French) |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | English and French, from Greek |
Meaning | "gift of Isis" |
Other names | |
Nickname(s) | Dori, Dory, Issy, Itchik, Izzy, Sid, Siddy |
Related names | Isadore, 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[]
- Ordered chronologically
Religious figures[]
- Isidore of Alexandria (died 403), Egyptian priest, saint
- Isidore of Chios (died 251), Roman Christian martyr
- Isidore of Scété (died c. 390), 4th-century A.D. Egyptian Christian priest and desert ascetic
- Isidore of Pelusium (died c. 449), Egyptian monk, saint and prolific letter writer
- Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), Catholic saint and scholar, last of the Fathers of the Church and Archbishop of Seville
- Isidore the Laborer (c. 1070–1130), Spanish religious leader
- Isidore I of Constantinople (died 1350), Greek Ecumenical Patriarch (1347–1350)
- Isidore II of Constantinople (died 1462), Greek Ecumenical Patriarch (1456–1462)
- Isidore of Kiev (1385–1463), Greek religious leader and theologian
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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- Given names
- Greek masculine given names
- Theophoric names
- English masculine given names
- French masculine given names