Isadore

Where Isadore comes from

A non-standard variant of Isidore, possibly inspired by the well-known feminine variant Isadora of Isidora.
— Wiktionary's entry for Isadore
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1913
    Peak, #273
    200 babies named Isadore — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1924
    Isadore Singer born
    American mathematician
  4. 1927
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #684.
  5. 1931
    Isadore Sharp born
    Canadian businessman
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Isadore Singer · American mathematician, 1924–2021
  • Isadore Sharp · Canadian businessman, born 1931
  • Isadore Perlman · American nuclear chemist, 1915–1991
  • Isadore Bernstein · American screenwriter, 1876–1944
  • Isadore Schwartz · American boxer, 1900–1988

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.