Isidore as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Isidore

What is the meaning of the name Isidore ?

The baby name Isidore is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IZ-ih-dor; IPA: /ˈɪzɪdɔr/ (US) or /ˈɪzɪdɔːr/ (UK).

Isidore is Greek in Origin.

Isidore derives from Greek Isidoros, a theophoric name built from Isis, the Egyptian goddess, and doron "gift," hence "gift of Isis." Via Latin Isidorus it spread throughout the Roman and Byzantine worlds; in Christian contexts the pagan element was tolerated and often reinterpreted more generally as "gift."

Use flourished in late antiquity and the Middle Ages thanks to revered bearers such as St. Isidore of Seville, a 7th-century scholar and Doctor of the Church, and St. Isidore the Farmer (San Isidro), patron of Madrid. Forms and cognates include Isidor (German, Scandinavian, Russian), Isidoros (Greek), Isidoro (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese), Isidro/Ysidro (Spanish), Izydor (Polish), Izidor (Czech/Slovak/Slovene), and French Isidore; English also shows Isador/Isadore. Feminines are Isidora and the Anglicized Isadora. Diminutives include Izzy, Sid, and Dory. In the modern Anglophone world it reads as a cultured, vintage choice with strong pan-European and Jewish 19th-20th-century usage.