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Isadore Name Meaning, Origins & History

Isadore

Pronunciation: IZ-uh-dor

Meaning Gift of Isis Origin Ancient Greek Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#5,963
TREND
2,603
Peak Years
1916, 1915, 1917
Lowest Years
1882, 1984, 1983
Energy Archetype
Compassionate & Creative

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Isadore in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Isadore

  • More than 5 thousand babies named Isadore: U.S. records list 5,909 babies given the name Isadore from 1880 through 2025. Even 195 girls received the name Isadore - about 1 girl for every 29 boys.

What Does the Name Isadore Mean?

Isadore is a variant spelling of Isidore, a name of Greek origin that means "gift of Isis." The Greek form was Isidōros (Ἰσίδωρος), formed from Isis, the Egyptian goddess whose worship spread through the Greek and Roman world, and dōron, "gift." Latin writers rendered the name Isidorus, and from that Latin form it entered the European languages.

Only the second half of the compound is Greek vocabulary; Isis is a borrowed divine name, and the goddess's own name is Egyptian rather than Greek. Isadore differs from Isidore solely in the vowel of its second syllable, an a in place of an i - the same shift seen in the feminine forms Isadora and Isidora.

Isadore Name History & Origins

The name was widespread in the Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean and was adopted by early Christians. Two saints carried it in particular: Isidore of Pelusium, a fifth-century Egyptian monk known for his letters, and Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 636), the archbishop and scholar whose Etymologiae was consulted for centuries. Through the Latin church the name spread into western Europe.

In Spain it became Isidro, the form borne by Isidore the Laborer (d. c. 1130), a farm worker of Madrid who was later named a saint and became the city's patron. The Italian form is Isidoro, the French Isidore, and the Russian Isidor. The second element, "gift," is the same one found in names such as Theodore.

Isadore is the English variant with the altered second vowel; it belongs to the same family as the feminine Isadora, the form borne by the American dancer Isadora Duncan. Both spellings, Isidore and Isadore, appear in English usage.

How Popular is the Name Isadore?

Isadore recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1916. Its best rank was #274 in 1913.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Isadore Shapes Your Personality and Life?

Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.

Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.

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