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I don't like it

I like it. I don't really have a preference between Isadore and Isidore. I definitely used to think it was a girl name (I knew there was Isadore and Isadora, but I assumed it was like Isabel and Isabella where both are feminine) and I still like it on a girl, maybe more as a GP. I think Isadore is more likely to be mistaken for a girl name than Isidore (probably because of Isabella and similar names).

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I can't think of a good nickname though, and Isadore would be too long for a kid's first name with no nickname. Izzy/Isi/etc. is girly, Dor sounds like the word door, Dory/Dorie is dorky and also kind of girly... Maybe Iso (could be like EE-so or Izzo). Isad or Isid sounds interesting, but it's awkward because it sounds so much like "is it" and that's such a common pair of nothing words that shows up in sentences all the time.

Love it. I couldn’t use it now because it’s too matchy with Theodora, but it’s a great name. I do vastly prefer the Isidore spelling.

I prefer Isidore, and that I rather do like

Isidore is nice, but Isadore looks a bit like the bearer's parents genuinely didn't know how to spell it... Sorry, but not a fan.

I love Isidore! One of my all-time favorites!!

Isadora Duncan used the -a- spelling instead of Isidora, so there's a precedent for that. Not for a male name, though: that is strictly Isidore. Isadore looks like a merger between Isabel and Dora / Doreen / Dorothy, and would have horrified Isidore of Seville, who tried to be scholarly about word derivations, though he often got things wrong.

Absolutely not.

I love it, but only spelled Isidore (or Isidor).

I always saw it spelled Isidor or Isidore when it's a boy's name. I like it, even though it has a bit of an old man feel to it.

It's one of those so ugly that it's cute names.