Frequency: (117)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: from a reduced form of the personal name Isidoro, Greek Isidōros, meaning ‘gift of Isis’. (Isis was an Egyptian goddess, mother of Horus.) This name was borne by various Christian saints, including the great encyclopedist St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 51%. Jose (4), Alfonso, Alfredo, Angel, Arnulfo, Beltran, Braulio, Cirilo, Corazon, Edgardo, Eleuteria, Enrique; Geronimo, Severino.
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