Isadora

Where Isadora comes from

The dictionaries list Isadora as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Isidora — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1877
    Isadora Duncana born
    American dancer and choreographer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1882
    Peak, #634
    9 babies named Isadora — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1996
    Isadora Williams born
    Brazilian figure skater
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Isidora.
Namesakes
  • Isadora Duncana · American dancer and choreographer, 1877–1927
  • Isadora Williams · Brazilian figure skater, born 1996
  • Isadora Cerullo · Rugby sevens player, born 1991
  • Isadora Ribeiro · Brazilian TV actress, born 1965
  • Isadora Pompeo · Brazilian Christian musician, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.