Abdisho
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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