Isidora

Isidora ( Cyrillic : Иcидopa) is a female given name .

etymology

The name Isidora comes from the Greek word Isidoros and means the gift of Isis (Egyptian goddess).

Origin of the spread of the name

Saint Isidora was martyred during the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Decius or Valerian . Her sister Neophyta died with her. This happened around AD 251 or 258.

distribution

The name is therefore used in Christian culture with an emphasis on Serbia , Russia , Italy and Spain , especially in Greece .

variants

• Isadora
• Isidore, but mostly male, see Isidore
• as a nickname: Isa, Isica, Iso, Isi
• the male form: Isidore

name day

• April 17th (after Isidora von Lentini)

Name bearers

• Isidora von Lentini († 251?)
• Isidora Jiménez (* 1993), Chilean sprinter
• Isidore Kaulbach (* 1862; † unknown), German writer
• Isidora Rosenthal-Kamarinea (1918–2003), Greek-German neo-Greekist
• Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), Serbian writer
• Isidora Žebeljan (* 1967), Serbian composer of classical music

See also

• Isidora la federala y mazorquera , narration by Hilario Ascasubi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Isidora in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints