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View Name: Isidore


ISIDORE
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English, French, Georgian, Jewish
OTHER SCRIPTS: ისიდორე (Georgian)
PRONOUNCED: IZ-i-dawr (English), ee-zee-DOR (French)   [key]
Meaning & History
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.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Isador, Isadore (English)
DIMINUTIVES: Izzy, Issy (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Isidoros (Ancient Greek), Isidor (German), Isidoro (Italian), Isidorus (Late Roman), Isidor (Macedonian), Izydor (Polish), Isidor (Russian), Izidor (Slovene), Isidoro, Isidro (Spanish)
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