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Isidore (sometimes spelled
Isadore) is a male name of Greek origin, meaning "gift of
IsisIsis was a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshiped as the ideal mother, wife, patron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as well as listening to the prayers of the...
". This literal meaning did not prevent the name from surviving the suppression of the Isis worship, and being among others the name of several Christian
saintSaints, individuals of exceptional holiness, are significant in many religions, particularly Christianity.-General characteristics :Though the term is mostly used for Christians considered holy or virtuous, many religions use similar concepts to elevate people worthy of respect, e.g. see Hindu...
s. Similar "gift" names included the Greek "
TheodoreTheodore is an English masculine given name. It comes from the Greek name Θεόδωρος meaning "gift of god"...
" ("gift of God"), the
PersianPersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is widely spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and to some extent in Iraq and Bahrain, and has a status of official language in the first three countries under different names...
"Mithradates" ("gift of Mithras") and the Hebrew "Matanya" ("gift of Ya", i.e. of
YahwehYahweh is the English rendering of יַהְוֶה , a Hebrew vocalization of the Tetragrammaton that was proposed by the Hebrew scholar Wilhelm Gesenius in the 19th century. Although this vocalized Hebrew spelling יַהְוֶה is found in no extant Hebrew Manuscript, several English Bibles use the spelling...
whose full name observant Jews are forbidden to pronounce).
Persons named Isidore or Isador include:
- Chief Isadore, leader of the Ktunaxa/Kootenay
Kootenay , Kootenai , is alternately spelled Kootanae or Kutenai...
people in the Tobacco Plains War
- Isidore of Alexandria
Isidore of Alexandria was an Egyptian philosopher and one of the last of the Neoplatonists. He lived in Athens and Alexandria toward the end of the 5th century AD. He became head of the school in Athens in succession to Marinus, who followed Proclus....
, 5th century neoplatonist
- Isidore of Charax
Isidorus Characenus, commonly translated Isidore of Charax, was a geographer of the 1st century BCE/1st century CE about whom nothing is known but his name and that he wrote at least one work....
, 1st century geographer, cited as a source by PlinyGaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was an author, naturalist, and natural philosopher as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
- Isidore Ducasse, nom-de-plume of the 19th century poet Comte de Lautréamont
- Saint Isidore the Laborer
Isidore the Laborer, also known as Isidore the Farmer, , was a Spanish day laborer known for his goodness toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid and of La Ceiba, Honduras....
, patron saint of farmers and of the city of Madrid, Spain.
- Isidore of Miletus
Isidore of Miletus was one of the two Greek architects who designed the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople ....
, 6th century architect and co-designer of the Hagia Sophia
- Isidore Newman, founder of the Isidore Newman School
- Saint Isidore of Pelusium
Isidore of Pelusium was born in Egypt to a prominent Alexandrian family. He became an ascetic, and moved to a mountain near the city of Pelusium, in the tradition of the Desert Fathers....
, 5th century theologian
- Saint Isidore of Seville
Saint Isidore of Seville was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and is considered, as Montalembert put it in an oft-quoted phrase, "le dernier savant du monde ancien"...
, 6th/7th century archbishop of Sevilla, Spain
- Isidor Feinstein Stone, an American journalist
- Isidore of Thessalonica, also known as Isidore of Kiev
Isidore of Kiev, also known as Isidore of Thessalonica was a Greek Metropolitan of Kiev, cardinal, humanist, and theologian...
, 14th/15th century theologian
- Felipe González
Felipe González Márquez is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997. To date, he remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of Spain, after having served four successive mandates from 1982 to 1996...
, socialist leader in Franco-era Spain, used the nom-de-guerre Isidoro
- a surname of the Mi'kmaq
The Míkmaq are a First Nations people, indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Atlantic Provinces, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. The nation has a population of about 40,000 of whom nearly 11,000 speak the Algonquian language Lnuísimk, more commonly known as "Micmac"...
family of Nova ScotiaNova Scotia is a Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. Its capital, Halifax, is a major economic centre of the region. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada with an area of...
Other uses of Isidor or Isador include:
- San Isidro
Isidro and Ysidro are Spanish forms of the personal name Isidore. San Isidro or San Ysidro may refer to:-People:* Agot Isidro , Filipina actress...
, Spanish for "Saint Isador", and the name of several people and places
- Hurricane Isidore
Hurricane Isidore was the ninth named storm and the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Isidore was the fifth of eight named storms to occur in September. The tropical cyclone peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, causing damage as well as four fatalities in Jamaica, Cuba,...
, the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season
- Isidore is a band composed of Steve Kilbey
Steven John Kilbey is the lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for The Church, an Australian rock band. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter....
of The ChurchThe Church is an Australian rock band formed in Canberra in 1980. Initially associated with New Wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of "progressive rock," featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay.The Church's debut...
and Jeffrey Cain formerly of Remy ZeroRemy Zero was a Birmingham, Alabama-based alternative rock band made up of Cinjun Tate , Shelby Tate , Gregory Slay , Cedric Lemoyne , and Jeffrey Cain ....
.
- Jack Isidore, a fictional character in Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian...
's novel Confessions of a Crap ArtistConfessions of a Crap Artist is a 1975 novel by Philip K. Dick, originally written in 1959. Dick wrote about a dozen non-science fiction novels in the period from 1948 to 1960; this is the only one published during his lifetime....
- John R. Isidore, a fictional character in Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose published work during his lifetime was almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian...
's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick first published in 1968. The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter of androids, while the secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-normal intelligence who befriends some of the androids.The novel is...