Given name & surname
Isadore
“a gift from the goddess Isis”
Isadore is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a gift from the goddess Isis.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a gift from the goddess Isis.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isadore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,909
- 5,714 boys · 195 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 285 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,963 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,963 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 273 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,120 as a first name in 2020; 461 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Isadore’s family of names
Isadore has a related form in Isidro. Isadore has a related form in Isidoro. Isadore has a related form in Isadora.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Isadore
- Isadore SingerAmerican mathematician (1924–2021)
- Friz FrelengAmerican animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1906–1995)
- Irving MillsAmerican music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter (1894-1985)
- Isadore SharpCanadian businessmanborn 1931
- Isadore PerlmanAmerican nuclear chemist (1915–1991)
- Isadore BernsteinAmerican screenwriter1876–1944
- Isadore TarlovAmerican Neurosurgeon1905–1977
- Isadore SchwartzAmerican boxer1900–1988
- Isadore S. JachmanUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1922-1945)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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