- Isidore
Isidore (also Isador) is a male name of Greek origin, meaning "gift of
Isis ". This literal meaning did not prevent the name from surviving the supression of the Isis worship, and being among others the name of several Christiansaint s.A number of people have gone under the name Isidore:
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Isidore of Alexandria
*Isidore of Charax , a 1st century geographer, cited as a source by Pliny.
*Isidore of Miletus , an architect, who designed Hagia Sophia.
* SaintIsidore of Seville
* SaintIsidore of Pelusium
* MetropolitanIsidore of Kiev = CardinalIsidore of Thessalonica
* SaintIsidore the Laborer
*Felipe González used the nom-de-guerre "Isidoro" (he was from Seville) as a Socialist leader in Franco-era Spain.
*Isidore Ducasse , a French poet and writer, who used the pseudonym Comte de Lautréamont.
* It is asurname associated with theMi'kmaq family line inNova Scotia .
*Chief Isadore of theKtunaxa (Kootenay) people, noted for his leadership in theTobacco Plains War
*Hurricane Isidore , a storm out of twelve and the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season,
* Isidore is a band composed ofSteve Kilbey of The Church andJeffrey Cain formerly ofRemy Zero .
*Isidor Feinstein Stone , an American journalist
* J.R. Isidore, a fictional character inPhilip K Dick 's novelDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ee also
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San Isidro (disambiguation)
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