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Meaning

The name Isaac has the following meaning:

Full of laughter.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Isaac is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 50 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Isaac fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 3 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 40 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Isaac in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Isaac is pronounced as eye-zak

Origins

Isaac originates from the Hebrew language.
See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Isaac and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Isaac: Boys - Enos, Jacob, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Rebecca, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Isaac: Ike (English), Ikey, Ikie, Isaack (Hebrew), Isaak (Russian), Isaakios, Isac, Isacco, Isak, Issac (English), Itzak, Itzhak, Izaak, Izak, Izik, Izsak, Yitzhak, Zack, Zak

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Isaac are: Ike, Zak

Style

We think the name Isaac should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

See other Biblical boy names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Isaac to be: Creative, intelligent and unconventional chap

In one word, you might describe Isaac as a(n) "creative" person.

See other "creative" names for boys.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Isaac (or its variants) are:

Isaac Asimov, born on 2 January, a famous author. Isaac Asimov's background: A Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.

Isaac Hayes, born on 20 August, a famous composer. Isaac Hayes's background: An American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer and actor. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, for which he served as both an in-house songwriter/producer with partner David Porter durign the mid-1960s.

Isaac Bashevis Singer, born on 21 November, a famous author. Isaac Bashevis Singer's background: A Nobel Prize-winning Polish-born American author and one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement.
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