Isaac (name)

Isaac/Isaak

Pronunciation	/aɪzək/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"laughing", "laughter"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Issac, Isac
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

• Albanian: Isaak
• Arabic: إسحٰق, إسحاق (Ishaq, ʼIsḥāq)
• Armenian: Սաակ (Saak), Սահակ (Sahak), Սահակ (Sahag)
• Azerbaijani: İshaq
• Belarusian: Ісак (Isak)
• Bengali: আইজাক (Ā'ijāka)
• Bosnian: Ishak
• Bulgarian: Исаак (Isaak)
• Catalan: Isaac
• Chinese Simplified: 艾萨克 (Aìsàkè)
• Chinese Traditional: 艾薩克 (Àisàkè) / 以撒 (ji5saat3)
• Croatian: Izak
• Czech: Izák
• Danish: Isak, (older:) Isach
• Dutch: Isaak
• English: Isaac, Issac
• Esperanto: Isaak
• Estonian: Iisak
• Ewe: Isak
• Faroese: Ísakur
• Finnish: Iisakki
• French: Isaac
• Galician: Isaac
• Georgian: ისააკ (Isaak)
• German: Isaak
• Greek: Ισαάκιος (Isaakios), Ισαάκ (Isaák)
• Gujarati: આઇઝેક (Ā'ijhēka)
• Haitian Creole: Izarak
• Hausa: Is'haƙu, Isaka
• Hebrew: יִצְחָק, (Yitzchak), Yitzhak, Itzhak
• Hindi: इसहाक (Isahāka)
• Hmong: Ixaj
• Hungarian: Izsák
• Icelandic: Ísak
• Indonesian: Ishak
• Irish: Íosác
• Italian: Isacco
• Japanese: アイザック (Aizakku)
• Javanese: Iskak
• Kannada: ಐಸಾಕ್ (Aisāk)
• Khmer: អ៊ីសាក (Aisak)
• Korean: 이삭 (I-sak), 아이작 (Aijak)
• Lao: ອີຊາກ (Isak)
• Latin: Isaacius, Isaacus
• Latvian: Aizeks, Izaks
• Lithuanian: Izaokas
• Macedonian: Исак (Isak)
• Malay: Ishak
• Malayalam: Itty
• Maori: Ihaka
• Marathi: इसहाक (Isahāka)
• Mongolian: Исаак (Isaak)
• Nepali: इसहाक (Isahāka)
• Norwegian: Isak
• Persian: اسحاق
• Polish: Izaak
• Portuguese: Isaac, Isac, Isaque
• Punjabi: ਇਸਹਾਕ (Isahāka)
• Russian: Исаак (Isaak)
• Romanian: Isac, Ițac
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosag
• Serbian: Исак (Isak)
• Somali: Isxaaq
• Spanish: Isaac
• Swahili: Isaka, Isaki
• Swedish: Isak, Isac
• Syriac: ܐܝܤܚܩ (Iskhaq)
• Tamil: ஐசக் (Aicak)
• Telugu: ఐజాక్ (Aijāk)
• Thai: อิสอัค, ไอแซก (Xịsæk)
• Turkish: İshak, İshâk
• Ukrainian: Ісаак (Isaak)
• Uyghur: ئىسھاق (Ishaq), ئىساق (Isaq)
• Uzbek: Ishoq (Is-hoq)
• Urdu: اسحاق
• Yiddish: יצחק (Yẕẖq), Aizik, Isaak, Izik, Yitzhak, Isac, Itzak, Izaak, Zack, Zak
• Yoruba: Ísákì
• Zulu: Isaka

Given name

Isaac

• 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 Catlin, Medal of Honor Recipient
• Isaac "Ike" Davis, NY Yankees 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 H. Hilliard (1811-1868), American planter and cotton factor in the Antebellum South.
• 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 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 Rosefelt (born 1985), American-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• 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 Konami's Castlevania: Curse of Darkness and Nintendo's Devil's Third
• 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 Lahey, a werewolf and former member of the McCall Pack in MTV's cult television series Teen Wolf, played by Daniel Sharman
• Isaac Mendez, fictional character from the television series Heroes, played by Santiago Cabrera
• Isaac Washington, bartender on The Love Boat, played by Ted Lange

Isaak

• Isaak Abelin, Swiss physiologist
• Isaak Ah Mau, New Zealand rugby player
• 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 Yaglom, Soviet mathematician

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

See also

• Isaac (disambiguation)
• Isaacs (surname)
• Isaacson