Isidore

Where Isidore comes from

French form of the name of early Spanish saints, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros), meaning "gift of (the goddess) Isis".
— Wiktionary's entry for Isidore
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1079
    Isidore the Laborer born
    Spanish farmer and saint
  2. 1805
    Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire born
    French zoologist
  3. 1881
    First appearance
    #781 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1914
    Peak, #379
    156 babies named Isidore — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1925
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #746.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Isidore the Laborer · Spanish farmer and saint, 1079–1130
  • Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire · French zoologist, 1805–1861
  • Isidore of Kyiv · Catholic cardinal, 1380–1463
  • Isidore of Pelusium · monk, 370–440
  • Isidore Mankofsky · American cinematographer, 1931–2021

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.