Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, Isídōros (a compound of Ἶσις, Ísis, and δῶρον, dōron: "gift of [the goddess] Isis").
The male equivalent is Isidore.
The name survived the suppression of the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the newly Christianized Roman Empire, and is, among others, the name of several Christian saints.
Similar "gift" names include the Greek "Theodore" and Slavic "Bogdan" (both meaning "gift of God"), the Persian "Mithradates" ("gift of Mithras") and Datis ("gift"), and the Hebrew "Matanya" ("gift of Jah"). The Indo-European "gift" names are ultimately derived from the *PIE root *deh₃-, "to give".
It was the ninth most popular name for baby girls in Chile in 2006.
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People
Saint Isidora, Christian 4th century saint and nun
Isidora Aguirre (1919–2011), Chilean writer
Isadora Beduschi (born 2008), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
Isadora Bennett (1900–1980), American publicity agent for modern dance theatre
Isidora Bjelica (1967–2020), Serbian writer
Isadora Cerullo (born 1991), Brazilian-American rugby sevens player
Isadora Duncan (1877 or 1878–1927), American dancer
Isadora Sofia Figueroa, (born 2000), Puerto Rican actress and singer
Isadora Freitas (born 1990), Brazilian association football player
Isidora Goreshter (born 1981), American actress
Isidora Goyenechea (1836–1897), Chilean industrialist
Isidora Hernández (born 1996), Chilean footballer
Isidora Jiménez (born 1993), Chilean sprinter
Isadora Lopes de Souza (born 1997), Brazilian rugby sevens player
Isadora Newman (1878–1955), American artist, poet, writer, playwright and storyteller
Isidora Niemeyer (born 2001), Chilean rower
Isidora Olave (born 2002), Chilean footballer
Isadora Oliveira (born 2007), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
Isadora Pompeo (born 1999), Brazilian Christian musician
Isadora Ribeiro (born 1965), Brazilian actress
Isadora Rodrigues Pacheco (born 2005), Brazilian skateboarder
Isidora Santa María (born 1993), Chilean volleyball player
Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), Serbian writer and adventurer
Isadora Silva (born 1997), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
Isidora Simijonović, Serbian actress
Isidora Steinmetz (born 1994), Chilean volleyball player
Isadora Verwey, South African actress
Isadora Williams (born 1996), Brazilian-American figure skater
Isidora Zegers (1803–1869), Spanish artist and composer
Isidora Žebeljan (1967-2020), Serbian composer
Isadora Zubillaga (born 1968), Venezuelan diplomat and activist.
Fictional characters
Isadora Quagmire, in the A Series of Unfortunate Events novel series
Isadora Smackle, in the American television series Girl Meets World
Isadore Daniels, in the American film Jump In!
Isidora is the main antagonist in the DLC ‘’Curse of the Pharaohs’’ for the 2017 game ‘’Assassin's Creed: Origins’’
Isadora Moon, the half-vampire, half-fairy heroine of a series of children’s books of the same name
Isadora Artiñán, in the Spanish Netflix series Élite