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ISIDORE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, Hebrew

Pronounced: IZ-i-dor (English), ee-zee-DOR (French)  [key]

From the Greek name Ισιδωρος (Isidoros) which meant "gift of Isis", from the name of the Egyptian goddess ISIS combined with Greek δωρον (doron) "gift". Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century archbishop, historian and theologian. It has never been popular in the English-speaking world among Christians, though it has historically been a common Jewish name.


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