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Meaning of the nameIsidoro

Isidoro is a masculine name of Greek origin meaning 'gift of Isis', the Egyptian goddess.

Meaning

“gift of Isis”

Source: Behind the Name: Isidore

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People (2022)
2,024
Rank in Brazil
#5,072
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
3,472
people

Isidoro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Isidoro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (577 people).

0 women 2,017 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Isidoro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Isidoro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  3. Paraná 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul3830.004%
São Paulo3790.001%
Paraná2780.002%
Santa Catarina2220.003%
Minas Gerais1020.001%
Bahia960.001%
Rio de Janeiro780.001%
Espírito Santo620.002%
Pará590.001%
Maranhão580.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul490.002%
Mato Grosso460.001%
Goiás430.001%
Ceará310.000%
Pernambuco240.000%
Amazonas240.001%
Piauí230.001%
Distrito Federal220.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Isidoro

Isidoro is the Portuguese form of the Greek Isidoros, composed of the name of the Egyptian goddess Isis and doron, 'gift'. Behind the Name records Isidoro as the Portuguese form, and Wiktionary traces the Spanish form from Latin Isidorus to Ancient Greek. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,024 people named Isidoro, with a median age of 64. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Isidore · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Isidoro · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Isidoro

What does the name Isidoro mean?

Isidoro means “gift of Isis”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Isidoro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,024 people with the first name Isidoro, which ranks it number 5,072 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Isidoro a boy's or a girl's name?

Isidoro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,017 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Isidoro?

Isidoro is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Isidoro most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Isidoro (383 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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