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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name Isidore
Greek
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Usage of the Name Isidore
English, French, Jewish
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Meaning of the Name Isidore
The name Isidore comes from the Greek name Isidoros meaning "the gift of Isis". It is derived from Isis,
the name of the goddess in Egyptian mythology, which was the wife and the sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus, and the Greek word "doron" meaning "gift".
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Isidore of Alexandria, a 5th-century Greek writer and philosopher;
Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 636), the archbishop of Seville;
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805 - 1861), a French zoologist;
Isidore de Lara (1858 - 1935), an English composer and singer;
Isidore Isou (1925 - 2007), a Romanian-French poet, artist, and critic.
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