Entry № 4662 · Greek origin

Isadora Isadora — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ iz-ah-DOR-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Gift of Isis (Isadora Duncan, Mother of Modern Dance)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "gift of isis (isadora duncan, mother of modern dance)".

Isadora is from the Greek Isidoros ("gift of Isis," the Egyptian goddess of magic and motherhood) — used as a Christian-era given name across Byzantium and the Mediterranean. Her autobiography My Life (1927) is among the most-read dance memoirs of the 20th century. Isadora Bing — Friends recurring character. Isadora Smackle — Girl Meets World. Saint Isidora of Egypt — 4th-century Coptic Christian.

Gift of Isis.

The name in its native script.

Ἰσιδώρα
Transliteration
Isidóra
Pronunciation
/ ˌɪz.əˈdɔːr.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

What Isadora is built from.

Isadora is a compound name. Its parts are dōron — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

dōron
Greek
“gift”

Where Isadora stands.

Isadora does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Isadoras before her.

Real people
Isadora Duncan
American Mother of Modern Dance.
1877 – 1927
Saint Isidora of Egypt
Coptic Christian saint.
c. 4th century
In fiction
Isadora
Various American TV.

Names connected to Isadora.

The number behind Isadora.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Isadora reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.