Isidro

Boy · Greek

Isidro

Say it: ee-SEE-droh

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Meaning

From Greek Isidoros 'gift of Isis'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Given in honour of San Isidro Labrador, patron of farmers, widely venerated in rural Mexico.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 2000s

In the United States

7,773 babies given this name since 1885
At its height in 2000, about 1 in 12,300 boys
72 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Spanish Andean

The family of the name

Other spellings: Chilo

Portuguese	Isidoro
Italian	Isidoro

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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