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* [[Ike Davis|Isaac "Ike" Davis]], NY Mets first baseman |
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* [[Isaac De Gois]], Australian rugby league player |
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Revision as of 04:52, 2 December 2015
| Pronunciation | IE-zək |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "laughing", "laughter" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Izzy, Ike, Zack, Israel, Isamu, Abraham |
Isaac or Isaak, transliterated from (Hebrew: יִצְחָק, Standard Yiẓḥaq Tiberian Yiṣḥāq, Arabic: إسحٰق ʾIsḥāq) as Itzhak or Yitzhak, or Yitzchok, was one of the three patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is told in the book of Genesis.
Isaac is a given name derived from Judaism and a given name among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim societies, generally in reference to the above. "Isaac" is loosely translated as "laughing". "Ike" and "Ise" are also short forms of the name Isaac.
In world languages
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Isaac
- Alphabetically:
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- Isaac Albéniz, composer
- Isaac of Antioch, 5th century Christian writer
- Isaac Ashmead (1790 –1870) a printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Isaac Asimov, writer
- Isaac Brock, Major-General
- Isaac ben Samuel of Acre, kabbalist
- Isaac Brock (musician), lead singer in Modest Mouse
- Isaac Bruce, American football player
- Isaac Casaubon, classical scholar
- Isaac_S._Catlin, Medal of Honor Recipient
- Isaac "Ike" Davis, NY Mets first baseman
- Isaac De Gois, Australian rugby league player
- Isaac García, Mexican long-distance runner
- Isaac Hamilton, American basketball player
- Isaac Hanson, musician, guitarist in Hanson
- Isaac Hayes, singer
- Isaac Isaacs, politician
- Isaac John, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Isaac Liu, New Zealand Rugby League player
- Issac Luke, New Zealand rugby league player
- Isaac Magnin (1842-1907), American carver and gilder; co-founder of I. Magnin, an upscale women's clothing store in San Francisco, California.
- Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer
- Isaac (talk show), eponymous TV show on Style Network
- Isaac Newton, physicist
- Isaac of Nineveh, 7th century Christian writer
- Isaac Peral, Spanish scientist, inventor of the Peral Submarine
- Isaac Leib Peretz, Yiddish writer
- Isaac Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment
- Isaac Jové Rubí, Spanish footballer
- Isaac Singer, inventor
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, author, Nobel prize literature 1978
- Isaac Slade, lead singer in The Fray
- Isaac Smith (disambiguation) (multiple people)
- Isaac Stern, violinist
- Isaac Watts, hymn-writer, football player
- Isaac Mayer Wise, founder of American Reform Judaism
- Isaac Lewis, inventor
- Fictional people
- Isaac, the main antagonist from the video game Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Isaac, the main protagonist in the video game "The Binding of Isaac" and "The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth"
- Isaac, a main character in Nintendo's Golden Sun series
- Isaac Clarke, a fictional character from the video game Dead Space
- Isaac Davis, Woody Allen's character in Manhattan
- Isaac Dian, a fictional character from the light novel and anime series Baccano!
- Isaac Jaffe, Robert Guillaume's character in Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night
- Isaac Kleiner, fictional character from the video games Half-Life and Half-Life 2
- Isaac Mendez, fictional character from the television series Heroes
- Isaac Washington, bartender on The Love Boat, played by Ted Lange
Isaak
- Alphabetically:
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- Isaak Abelin, Swiss physiologist
- Isaak Babel, Russian writer
- Isaak Brodsky, Soviet painter
- Isaak August Dorner, German church leader
- Isaak Dunayevsky, Soviet composer
- Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal, Austrian businessman
- Isaak Markus Jost, German Jewish historian
- Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Soviet physicist
- Isaak Ah Mau, New Zealand rugby player
- Isaak Yaglom, Soviet mathematician
Ishaq
- Prophet Ishaq, is recognized as a patriarch, prophet and messenger of God by all Muslims, son of Prophet Ibrahim by wife Siti Sarah
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan, former president of Pakistan
Itzhak
- Itzhak Perlman, violinist
- Itzhak Stern, a Jew working under German industrialist Oskar Schindler
Yitskhok
- Yitskhok Rudashevski, Lithuanian Holocaust victim
Yitzhak
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- Yitzhak Arad, Lithuanian Israeli soldier
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, president of Israel
- Yitzhak Danziger (1916–77), Israeli sculptor
- Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Irish Israeli rabbi
- Yitzhak Aharon Korff, American rabbi
- Yitzhak Levy, Israeli rabbi and politician
- Yitzhak Mordechai, Israel general and politician
- Yitzhak Navon, Israeli president
- Yitzhak Nebenzahl, Israeli official
- Yitzhak Nissim, Iraqi Israeli rabbi
- Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel
- Yitzhak Sadeh, Israeli military commander
- Yitzhak Salkinsohn, Jewish convert to Christianity
- Yitzhak Shamir, prime minister of Israel
- Yitzhak Yedid, Israeli Australian composer
Yitzchak
- Alphabetically:
- Yitzchak Meir Alter, Polish rabbi
- Yitzchak Berkovits, American Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchak Blazer, Russian rabbi
- Yitzchak Ginsburgh, Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchak Kaduri, Iraqi Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchak Lowy, Holocaust victim
- Yitzchak Isaac of Zidichov, Austro-Hungarian rabbi
- Yitzchak Yaacov Reines, Lithuanian rabbi
- Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Lithuanian rabbi
Yitzchok
- Alphabetically:
- Yitzchok Adlerstein, American rabbi
- Yitzchok Breiter, Polish Ukrainian rabbi
- Yitzchok Ezrachi, Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchok Friedman, first Rebbe of the Boyaner Hasidic dynasty
- Yitzchok Dovid Groner, American Australian rabbi
- Yitzchok Hutner, Polish American rabbi
- Yitzchok Isaac Krasilschikov, Russian rabbi
- Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, Lithuanian Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchok Sorotzkin, American rabbi
- Yitzchok Sternhartz, Ukrainian Israeli rabbi
- Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, Jerusalem rabbi
- Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, Austro-Hungarian rabbi
- Yitzchok Zilber, Russian rabbi
- Yitzchok Zilberstein, Israeli rabbi
Surname Isaac or Isaak
- Arthur Isaac, English cricketer
- Bryan Isaac, dancer
- Bobby Isaac, American racing driver
- George Isaac (politician), Egyptian politician
- Glynn Isaac, South African archaeologist
- Heinrich Isaac, Ugonis, Henricus, Heinrich or Arrigo or Ysaac, Franco-Flemish composer
- Jason Isaac, American politician
- John Isaac, English cricketer
- Luis Isaac, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Oscar Isaac, American actor
- Ray Isaac, American football player
- Rhys Isaac, American historian
- Robert M. Isaac, mayor of Colorado Springs
- Chris Isaak, American musician
Other
Online sites, such as "Think Baby Names"[2] state that:
- Isaac \i-saac\ as a boy's name is pronounced EYE-zik. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Isaac is "laughter". Biblical: the only son of Abraham by his wife Sarah...Isaac has 19 variant forms: Ike, Ikey, Ikie, Isa, Isaak, Isac, Isacco, Isak, Issac, Itzak, Itzhak, Izaac, Izaak, Izak, Izik, Izsak, Yitzhak, Zack and Zak. Isaac is a very popular first name for men (#277 out of 1220) and also a very popular surname or last name for both men and women (#1941 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)[3]
See also
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