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Isidore

A name of Greek origin meaning "gift of Isis".

OriginGreek
PronunciationAmerican English /ˈɪz.ə.ˌdɔɹ/; British English /ˈɪz.ə.ˌdɔː/; French /i.zi.dɔʁ/
Usage languagesEnglish, French, Georgian, Jewish
US rank (2025)#3,583

Meaning and history

Isidore comes from the Greek name Ἰσίδωρος (Isidoros), meaning “gift of Isis,” from the Egyptian goddess Isis and Greek δῶρον (doron), “gift.” Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century archbishop, historian, and theologian. The name has never been widely popular among Christians in the English-speaking world, but it has long been common among Jews, who have used it as an Americanized form of names such as Isaac, Israel, and Isaiah.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 5 births, rank #12,055
2007: 9 births, rank #8,173
2008: 9 births, rank #8,324
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: 8 births, rank #8,803
20112011: 7 births, rank #9,600
2012: 5 births, rank #12,274
2013: 13 births, rank #6,241
2014: 15 births, rank #5,733
2015: 11 births, rank #7,066
20162016: 11 births, rank #7,157
2017: 14 births, rank #6,060
2018: 26 births, rank #3,993
2019: 20 births, rank #4,806
2020: 11 births, rank #7,034
20212021: 31 births, rank #3,582
2022: 16 births, rank #5,633
2023: 34 births, rank #3,416
2024: 33 births, rank #3,455
20252025: 31 births, rank #3,583

Isidore moved from #865 to #896 for boys between 1926 and 1928. Its highest annual birth count came in 1919, with 183 births.