Abdisho

Abdisho, ʾAbdisho, Abdishu, or ʿAbd Īshōʿ (Syriac: ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ, Arabic: عبد يشوع) meaning 'servant of Jesus' in Syriac, is a masculine given name. The name is most predominantly used by Syriac Christians of West Asia, namely the Assyrians.

Abdisho

Pronunciation	English: /ʕav.diːʃoːʕ./ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [ʔoːdiːʃoʔ.]
Gender	Masculine
Origin
Word/name	Classical Syriac: ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ (Abdisho)
Meaning	Servant of Jesus
Other names
Alternative spelling	Abdicho, Abd'icho, ʾAbdisho, Abdishu, ʿAbd Īshōʿ

The name is derived from the Syriac word "abd" (Syriac: ܥܒܕܐ, romanized: ˁaḇd, lit. 'servant') and the Aramaic name for Jesus, Isho (Syriac: ܝܼܫܘܿܥ, romanized: īšōˁ). Abdisho can also alternatively be spelled as Odisho, used as a surname.

Persons with this name include:

• Abdisho (died 345) (298–345), deacon and martyr of the Church of the East
• Abda and Abdisho, two Christian bishops who were martyred on May 16, in either 376
• Abdisho I, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 963 to 986
• Abdisho II, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1074 to 1090
• Abdisho III, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1139 to 1148
• Abdisho bar Berika (Ebed-Jesu) (died 1318), author of medieval catalogue of ancient Greek and Syriac writers
• Abdisho IV Maron, second Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1555 to 1570
• Abdisho V Khayat, or Mar Audishu V Khayyath (1827–1899), patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1894 to 1899
• Habib ibn Bahriz, or ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz, a 9th century bishop and scholar for the Church of the East

Figures with the name 'Abdisho' are also attested in the early History of Christianity and the Syriac rites:

• a companion in martyrdom to Desan (bishop), who was bishop of the Christian Church
• a martyr at Arbela in 376 alongside Acepsimas of Hnaita

See also

• Odisho
• Isho