Abdisho

Abdisho, ʾAbdisho, Abdishu, or ʿAbd Īshūʿ (Syriac: ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ, Arabic: عبد يشوع) meaning 'servant of Jesus' in Syriac, is a Syriac given name.

Notable people with the name include:

Abdisho (died 345) (298–345), deacon and martyr of the Church of the East
a companion in martyrdom to Desan (bishop)
a martyr at Arbela in 376 with Acepsimas of Hnaita
Abda and Abdisho, two Christian bishops who were martyred on May 16, in either 376
Abdishu ibn Bahriz , nestorian translator
Abdisho I, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 963 to 986
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

See also