Izydor
Greek at root, from a phrase meaning "gift of Isis," the Egyptian goddess. About a thousand Poles carry it, all of them men, and most people here will never meet one.
Izydor Pronunciation
Izydor is pronounced ee-ZIH-dor (/iˈzɨdɔr/).
What Izydor means
Where Izydor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Izydor comes from Greek Isidoros, built from the goddess Isis and the word doron, meaning gift. In English that reads as "gift of Isis," in Polish "dar Izydy." Isis was worshipped across the ancient Mediterranean, well beyond Egypt, and the name kept her attached to whoever bore it.
The most documented Izydor is Isidore of Seville, a scholar and bishop who died in 636 and spent years compiling the Etymologiae, an encyclopedia of nearly everything known in his time. There is also Izydor Oracz, the farm labourer from Madrid honoured as a patron of farmers, whose imieniny fall on 15 May.
The short meaning stays close to the origin here. "Dar Izydy" was already the sense of the Greek word. No later gloss added it. When a teacher reads Izydor from a class register, the word still points back to a goddess and a gift.
When Izydor celebrates name day
Izydor appears 11 times in the Polish name day calendar, 4 of them as a main name, the first on 2 January.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Izydor
1 in 20310 men in Poland is named Izydor. 1,051 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #938 among male names.
Izydor's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Izydor is most popular
Izydor is most popular in Silesian, 850% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Silesian2 boys born+850%
Izydor as a middle name
Izydor is a first name for 1,051 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2,660, a 28/72 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 156th, between Albin (2,673) and Samuel (2,635).
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#154 Tobiasz2,727
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#155 Albin2,673
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#156 Izydor2,660
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#157 Samuel2,635
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#158 Natan2,622