Isidore

Isidore of Seville
Pronunciation	English:/ˈɪzɪdɔːr/ French:[izidɔʁ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	English and French, fromGreek
Meaning	"gift of Isis"
Other names
Nickname(s)	Dore, Dori, Dory, Issy, Itchik, Izzy, Sid, Siddy
Related names	Isadore, Isador,Isidoro, Esidoro, Isidro, Ysidro, Isidor

Isidore (/ˈɪzɪdɔːr/IZ-id-or; also spelledIsador,Isadore andIsidor) is a masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek nameIsídōros (Ἰσίδωρος, latinizedIsidorus) and can literally be translated to 'gift ofIsis'. 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 withCatholic figures and among theJewish diaspora.Isidora is the feminine form of the name.

Ordered chronologically

• Isidorus (2nd century AD), pagan Egyptian priest
• Isidore, son ofBasilides, the Egyptian Christian Gnostic (2nd century AD)
• Isidore of Chios (died 251), Roman Christian martyr
• Isidore of Scetes (died c. 390), 4th-century Egyptian Christian priest and desert ascetic
• Isidore of Alexandria (died 403), Egyptian Christian priest, saint
• 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

• 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

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
• IsidorIzzy Einstein (1880–1938), American federal police officer during the Prohibition era
• Isidor Fisch (1905–1934), German associate of Bruno Hauptmann
• IsadoreFriz Freleng (1906–1995), American cartoonist
• Isidore Goldblum (1863–1925), Polish Hebrew writer and bibliographer
• Isador Goodman (1909–1982), South African-Australian musician and composer
• Isidor Gunsberg (1854–1930), Hungarian chess player
• Isidore Itzkowitz (1892–1964), better known asEddie 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 theIsidore Newman School
• Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), Hungarian-French pianist, composer and pedagogue
• Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988), Galician-born American physicist and Nobel laureate
• Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French lawyer and revolutionary
• 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 RMSTitanic
• Isador Samuel Turover (1892–1978), Belgian-American chess master
• Chief Isadore (fl. 1860s), leader of theKtunaxa/Kootenay people in the Tobacco Plains War
• Isidor Burakh a fictional character from the video game "Pathologic Classic" (2005),"Pathologic Classic HD" (2015) and "Pathologic 2"

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