Isidore

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

Isidore (/ˈɪzɪdɔːr/ IZ-id-or; 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 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
  • Isidor George Beaver (1859–1934), British-born Australian architect
  • 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
  • Isidor Fisch
    (1905–1934), German associate of Bruno Hauptmann
  • 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
  • Isadore Gilbert Jeffery
    (1840-1919), American poet, lyricist
  • Isidor Kaufmann (1853–1921), Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes
  • Izidor Kürschner (1885–1941), Hungarian football player and coach
  • Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1875–1957), American librarian
  • 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
  • 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