Isidore ( ; also spelled Isador, Isadore and Isidor) is an English and French masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek name ''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
Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, ''Isídōros'' (a compound of Ἶσις, ''Ísis'', and δῶρον, ''dōron'': "gift of he goddessIsis").
The male equivalent is Isidore.
The name surviv ...
is the feminine form of the name.
Pre-modern era
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Religious figures
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Isidore of Alexandria (died 403), Egyptian priest, saint
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Isidore of Chios (died 251), Roman Christian martyr
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Isidore of Scété (died c. 390), 4th-century A.D. Egyptian Christian priest and desert ascetic
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Isidore of Pelusium (died c. 449), Egyptian monk, saint and prolific letter writer
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Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville ( la, Isidorus Hispalensis; c. 560 – 4 April 636) was a Spanish scholar, theologian, and archbishop of Seville. He is widely regarded, in the words of 19th-century historian Montalembert, as "the last scholar of ...
(c. 560–636), Catholic saint and scholar, last of the Fathers of the Church and Archbishop of Seville
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Isidore the Laborer (c. 1070–1130), Spanish religious leader
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Isidore I of Constantinople
Isidore I (? – February or March 1350) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1347 to 1350. Isidore Buchiras was a disciple of Gregory Palamas.
Early life
Isidore was an ethnic Greek born in Thessaloniki during the latter part o ...
(died 1350), Greek Ecumenical Patriarch (1347–1350)
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Isidore II of Constantinople
Isidore II Xanthopoulos ( el, ), (? – 31 March 1462) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1456 to 1462.
Life
Little is known about the life and the patriarchate of Isidore except that he was an ethnic Greek and member of Greek comm ...
(died 1462), Greek Ecumenical Patriarch (1456–1462)
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Isidore of Kiev (1385–1463), Greek religious leader and theologian
Others
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Isidore of Charax (fl. 1st century), Greek geographer
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Isidore of Alexandria (died c. 520), Greco-Egyptian philosopher
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Isidore of Miletus, Greek architect who co-designed the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537
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Isidore (inventor)
Isidore (russian: Исидор) was a 15th-century Greek Orthodox monk, who allegedly produced the first genuine recipe of Russian vodka while being detained in Chudov Monastery in Moscow circa 1430, according to the hypothesis proposed by the Russ ...
, according to legend the Russian Orthodox monk erroneously credited with producing the first genuine recipe of Russian vodka, c. 1430
Modern world
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Isidore Gordon Ascher
Isidore Gordon Gottschalk Ascher (1835–1914) was a Scottish-Canadian novelist and poet. He was born in Glasgow in 1835, the eldest son of Isaac Gottschalk Ascher and brother to Jacob Ascher. His family moved to Canada in 1841, and Isidore rece ...
(1835–1933), British-Canadian novelist and poet
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Isidor Bajic (1878–1915), Serbian composer, pedagogue and publisher
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Isidore Bakanja (c. 1885–1909), beatified martyr in the Belgium Congo
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Isadore Coop (1926-2003), Canadian architect
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Isador Coriat (1875–1943), American psychiatrist and neurologist
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Ivor Cutler (born Isadore; 1923–2006), Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist
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Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870), French poet best known under the nom de plume of Comte de Lautréamont
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Izzy Einstein (1880–1938), American federal police officer during the Prohibition era
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Isidor Fisch (1905–1934), German associate of Bruno Hauptmann
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Friz Freleng
Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' ...
(1906–1995), American cartoonist
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Isador Goodman (1909–1982), South African-Australian musician and composer
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Isidor Gunsberg (1854–1930), Hungarian chess player
* Isidore Itzkowitz (1892–1964), better known as
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie, and early television audiences, ...
, American performer and comedian
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Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes
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Izidor Kürschner (1885–1941), Hungarian football player and coach
* Isidore Newman (fl. 1903), founder of the
Isidore Newman School
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Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), Hungarian-French pianist, composer and pedagogue
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Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988), Galician-born American physicist and Nobel laureate
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Isidor Rosenthal (1836–1915), German physiologist
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Isadore Singer (1924-2021), American mathematician
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Isador Sobel
Isador Sobel (August 28, 1858 – October 25, 1939) was a Jewish-American lawyer from Pennsylvania.
Life
Sobel was born on August 28, 1858, in New York City, New York, the son of merchant Semel Sobel and Cecelia King. His parents were both Ger ...
(1858–1939), American lawyer
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Isidore Spielmann
Sir Isidore Spielmann, CMG ( London 21 July 1854 – 1925) was a British civil engineer turned art connoisseur, impresario and exhibition organizer.
Early life
Isidore Spielmann was born into a Jewish family in London in 1854, the son of the ...
(1854–1925), British art critic and exhibition organizer
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I. F. Stone
Isidor Feinstein "I. F." Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989) was an American investigative journalist, writer, and author.
Known for his politically progressive views, Stone is best remembered for ''I. F. Stone's Weekly'' (1953–1971), ...
(1907–1989), American investigative journalist
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Isidor Straus (1845–1912), co-owner of Macy's, drowned in the sinking of RMS ''Titanic''
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Isador Samuel Turover
Isador (Isaac) Samuel Turover (Sochaczew, 8 July 1892 – 16 October 1978) was an American chess master.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family in Poland, he moved to Belgium and then to the United States. He was a champion of Baltimore from 1918 to ...
(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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