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Updated January 24, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Greek : reduced and altered form of the personal name Isidōros (see Isadore), altered by folk etymology as if derived from sidero ‘iron’ (classical Greek sidēron), and hence regarded as an omen name: ‘may the child grow up to be as strong as iron’.

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