Isidora

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Isidora is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name12K records spelled Isidora12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Netherlands, Brazil

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Κîďôřă

• Croatian given name3.0K records spelled Isidora12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian

  Also written Исидора, Ísidora

• Russian given name196 records spelled Isidora11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Peru, Kyrgyzstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Исидора, Ісідора, Ісидора, Изидора

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Isidora is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Feminine form of ISIDORE . This name was little used in the Middle Ages, but has recently become more popular as a result of the fame of the American dancer Isadora Duncan (1878–1927). Variant: Isadora .

  as a word

• In Russian, "friend of Izida, the Egyptian goddess." Fem of Isidor.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek; rare in the Anglo-Saxon world.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Isidora

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, a female given name from Ancient Greek

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 115 years between 1900–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maria II of Portugalb. 1819BRnot in their usual nameQueen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)
• Isidora Sekulićb. 1877RSSerbian writer (1877–1958)
• Izydora Kosach-Borysovab. 1888USnot in their usual nameUkrainian writer (1888-1980)
• Isidora Rosenthal-Kamarineab. 1918DEGerman professor (1918–2003)
• Isidora Aguirreb. 1919CLChilean playwright (1919–2011)
• Isidora Siderib. 1954GRGreek actress and singer
• Isidora Žebeljanb. 1967RSSerbian composer (1967–2020)
• Isidora Urrejolab. 1987CLChilean actress
• Isidora Jiménezb. 1993CLChilean athletics competitor
• Isidora Simijonovićb. 1997RSSerbian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 672 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Isidora?

We estimate roughly 217 thousand people bear Isidora (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Isidora have the most bearers?

We estimate about 207 thousand people bear Isidora in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled isidora.

How common is Isidora compared with other names?

In Chile, Isidora is the 159th most common given name of 68,927 given names recorded there.

Is Isidora a male or female name?

Isidora is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Isidora mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine form of jIsidore.