# Isidore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isidore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “gift of (the goddess) isis” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Izzy, Dore |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,421 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,421 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

French form of the name of early Spanish saints, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros), meaning "gift of (the goddess) Isis".

## What it means

Isidore is grouped under gift.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 10,034 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,989 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,391 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,836 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,253 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,330 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,150 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,039 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,868 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,207 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,606 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,713 |
| 2023 | 34 | 3,447 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,483 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,607 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Исидор
- Catalan: Isidre
- Chinese: 伊西多爾 /伊西多尔
- Greek: Ισίδωρος
- Italian: Isidoro
- Polish: Izydor
- Portuguese: Isidoro
- Russian: Си́дор
- Spanish: Isidoro, Isidro

## People named Isidore

- Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist (1805-1861)
- Isidore of Kyiv, Catholic cardinal
- Isidore Mankofsky, American cinematographer (1931-2021)
- Isidore of Alexandria, Egyptian philosopher
- Isidore Pils, French painter (1815–1875)
- Louis-Isidore Duperrey, French explorer (1786-1865)
- Isidore of Chios, Egyptian saint
- Isidore Singer, American encyclopedia editor and political activist (1859–1939)
- Isidore de Souza, Beninese archbishop (1934-1999)
- Jean Isidore Harispe, French soldier (1768-1855)
- Isidore Verheyden, Belgian painter (1846-1905)
- Isidore Ngei Ko Lat, Birmanese Roman catholic catechist, blessed

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.