Izak (or Izaak also Izhak, Itzchak, Itzik, see more options below) is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
which is an alternate spelling for
Isaac
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
. Online sites, such as "Think Baby Names"
state that:
:Izak \i-zak\ as a boy's name is a variant of
Isaac
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
(Hebrew), and the meaning of Izak is "laughter". The baby name Izak sounds like Izik, Izaak, Itzak and Isak. Other similar baby names are Izsak, Zak, Izaac, Isac, Isaak, Isa, Iziah, Isam and Izzy. Izak is not a popular first name for men but a somewhat popular surname or last name for both men and women (#83399 out of 88799). (
1990 U.S. Census).
Notable persons with the name include:
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Izak Aloni
Izak (Izhak, Itzchak) Aloni (Schächter) ( he, יצחק אלוני; born 5 April 1905 – died 2 June 1985) was an Israeli chess master.
Biography
Aloni, born Schächter in Buchach, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary), was twice Lvov (Lemberg, Lw ...
, Israeli chess master
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Izak Buys, South Africa cricketer
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Izak Davel, South African actor
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Izak David du Plessis, South African Afrikaans writer
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Izak Moerdijk, Dutch mathematician
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Izak Reid, English sportsman
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Izak Rober, Turkish sportsman
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Izak Šantej
Izak Šantej (born August 26, 1973 in Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the Speedway Grand Prix series.
Career
Šantej medalled 12 times at the Slovenian Individual Speedway Championship. Although he won 10 silver ...
, Slovenian motorcyclist
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Izak van der Merwe
Izak van der Merwe (born 26 January 1984) is a retired South African tennis player.
Van der Merwe had a career high ATP singles ranking of 113 achieved on 1 August 2011.
Van der Merwe represented South Africa at the Davis Cup.
He says he tri ...
, South African tennis player
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Izak Van Heerden
Izak van Heerden (August 1910 – June Bath, p 172) was a South African rugby union coach, and player, remembered for his successes with the Argentina national team and the Natal Province team for his unconventional, fast-moving style. His tac ...
, South African rugby coach
Izaak
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Izaak Appel
Izaak (Isaak) Appel (1905–1941) was a Polish chess master.
Biography
In 1926, he took 12th place in the Warsaw (1st POL-ch) competition, which was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1929, he took 2nd place, behind Teodor Regedziński, in the Champ ...
, Polish chess master
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Izaak Grunbaum, Israeli politician
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Izaak Grynfeld Izaak Grynfeld (born 12 February 1912, date of death unknown), later known as Ignacy Branicki , was a Polish-born Israeli chess master.
Biography
Grynfeld was born in Łódź, Poland in February 1912. Before the late 1950s, Grynfeld lived in The Ne ...
, Israeli chess master
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Izaak Walton Killam
Izaak Walton Killam (July 23, 1885 – August 5, 1955) was a Canadian financier.
Early life
Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, he was the son of William Dudman Killam and Arabella Hunter (Belle) Cann.
Business ventures
As a young banker with the ...
, Canadian financier
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Izaak Kolthoff
Izaak Maurits (Piet) Kolthoff (February 11, 1894 – March 4, 1993) was an analytical chemist and chemistry educator. He is widely considered the father of analytical chemistry for his large volume of published research in diverse fields of anal ...
, Dutch chemist
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Izaak H. Reijnders
Izaak Herman Reijnders (27 March 1879 – 31 December 1966) was in charge of the Dutch military high command just prior to World War II. He was replaced by Henri Winkelman after Reijnders had had an argument with Defense Minister Adriaan Di ...
, Dutch military commander.
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Izaak Towbin, Polish chess master
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Izaak Walton, English writer
Izaac
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Izaac Johanes Wanggai
Izaac Yohanes Wanggai (born 19 May 1982) is an Indonesian former footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains Liga 2 club Persewar Waropen.
His younger brother, Patrich Wanggai, and his cousin, Imanuel Wanggai, is also a foo ...
, Indonesian sportsman
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Izaac Wang
Izaac Wang is an American actor best known for his work on '' Good Boys'' (2019) and ''Raya and the Last Dragon'' (2021).
Career
After appearing in the TV Land series ''Teachers'', Wang landed his first film role as Soren in the 2019 Universal ...
, American child actor
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Izaac Williams
Izaac Williams (born 13 October 1989) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Southland Sharks of the National Basketball League (NBL). Born in Invercargill, Southland, Williams had a promising career in squash before turning t ...
, New Zealand sportsman
Isak
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Isak Gustaf Clason, Swedish architect
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Isak Dinesen
Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote works in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countrie ...
, pen name of
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote works in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countrie ...
, Danish author
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Isak-Beg
Ishak Bey or Ishak-Beg or Ishak-Beg Hranić was an Ottoman governor and soldier, the sanjakbey of Üsküb from 1415 to 1439.
Biography
According to some sources he was a member of the Bosnian Hranušić family, released slave and adopted son ...
, ruler near Ottoman Empire
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Isak From
Lars Isak Anders From (born 1967) is a Swedish politician, trade unionist and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Västerbotten County since October 2010.
From is the son o ...
(born 1967), Swedish politician
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Per Isak Juuso
Per Isak Nikolaus Juuso, born 1 May 1953 in Karesuando parish, Norrbotten County, Sweden, is a Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher.
Biography
Per Isak Juuso grew up in Mertajärvi, south of Karesuando. His parents were active reindeer herders and ...
, Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher
* Kim Isak, former member of the
Isak N Jiyeon Korean singing duo
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Isak Musliu, Yugoslavian camp guard
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Isak Saba
Isak Mikal Saba (15 November 1875 – 1 June 1921) was a Norwegian Sámi teacher and politician. He was born in 1875 in Nesseby, Norway to Per Sabasen and Bigi Henriksdatter Aikio. Saba married Marie Gunneva Hansdatter Holm (1876–1961), daught ...
, Norwegian leader
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Isak Valtersen, fictional character in the Norwegian TV show
Skam
Itzhak
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Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman ( he, יצחק פרלמן; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist widely considered one of the greatest violinists in the world. Perlman has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that hav ...
, Israeli-American musician
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Itzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...
, Israeli leader
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Itzhak Shum
Itzhak Shum ( he, יצחק שום; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba.
Playing career
He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Isr ...
, Israeli sportsman
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Itzhak Ben-Zvi, Israeli president
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Itzhak Katzenelson
Itzhak Katzenelson ( he, יצחק קצנלסון, yi, (יצחק קאַצ(ע)נעלסאָן(זון; also transcribed as ''Icchak-Lejb Kacenelson'', ''Jizchak Katzenelson''; ''Yitzhok Katznelson'') (1 July 1886 – 1 May 1944) was a Polish Jewis ...
, Jewish intellectual
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Itzhak Shamir, Israeli politician
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Itzhak Fintzi
Itzhak Fintzi (Izko Finzi) ( bg, Ицхак Финци (Ицко Финци)) (born 25 April 1933) is a Bulgarian film and stage actor.
He was born in Sofia, where he graduated from the dramatic art academy.
He graduated from the Bulgarian Nat ...
, Bulgarian actor
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Itzhak Stern
Itzhak Stern (25 January 1901 – 1969) was a Polish-Israeli Jewish Holocaust survivor who worked for Sudeten-German industrialist Oskar Schindler and assisted him in his rescue activities during the Holocaust.
Life
Early life
Stern was bor ...
, Holocaust survivor
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Itzhak Bentov
Itzhak "Ben" Bentov (also ''Ben-Tov''; he, יצחק בנטוב; August 9, 1923 – May 25, 1979) was an Israeli American scientist, inventor, mystic and author. His many inventions, including the steerable cardiac catheter, helped pioneer the ...
, Czech intellectual
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Itzhak Sadeh
Yitzhak Sadeh ( he, יצחק שדה, born Izaak Landoberg, August 10, 1890 – August 20, 1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel.
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, Israeli leader
Itzchak
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Itzchak Tarkay
Itzchak Tarkay ( he, יצחק טרקאי; 1935 – June 3, 2012) was an Israeli painter and graphic artist. He is used trade dress to protect his style from being emulated via ''Romm Art Creations Ltd. v. Simcha International, Inc.''. A case that ...
, Israeli painter
Itzik
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Itzik Zohar
Itzik Zohar ( he, איציק זוהר; born October 31, 1970) is an Israeli former international footballer and television sports personality. Born in Bat Yam, Israel to a family of North African extraction, he holds the distinction of scoring the ...
, Israeli sportsman
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Itzik Manger
Itzik Manger (30 May 1901, Czernowitz, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire – 21 February 1969, Gedera, Israel; yi, איציק מאַנגער) was a prominent Yiddish language, Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, a ...
, Yiddish intellectual
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Itzik Feffer
Itzik Feffer (10 September 1900 – 12 August 1952), also Fefer (Yiddish איציק פֿעפֿער, Russian Ицик Фефер, Исаàк Соломòнович Фèфер) was a Soviet Yiddish poet executed on the Night of the Murdered Poe ...
, Soviet intellectual
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Itzik Kol
Itzik Kol ( he, איציק קול; January 12, 1932 – July 8, 2007) was an Israeli television and film producer considered by many to be a pioneer and originator of Israeli cinema. He died following complications from pneumonia.
Biography
Yit ...
, Israeli TV producer
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Itzik Kornfein, Israeli sportsman
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Dalia Itzik
Dalia Itzik ( he, דליה איציק ''Dalya Itsik''; born 20 October 1952) is a former Israeli politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 beca ...
, Israeli politician
Izhak
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Izhak Mamistvalov, Israeli swimmer
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Izhak Graziani, Israeli conductor
Izsak
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Izsák Lőwy, Hungarian industrialist
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Imre Izsák
Imre Gyula Izsák (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, February 21, 1929 – Paris, France, April 21, 1965) was a Hungarian mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and celestial mechanician. His father, Gyula Izsák, taught geography and biology in Zalaegerszeg ...
(1929–1965), Hungarian scientist
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Carolina Izsak
Carolina Éva Izsák Keményfy (born September 21, 1971 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan beauty queen who competed in the 1992 Miss Universe pageant on May 8, 1992 and placed fourth after being the leader of the competition that night.
Early life
Iz ...
(born 1971), Venezuelan beauty queen
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Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt (1670–1744), Jewish rabbi
Other
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Isakas Vistaneckis Isakas Vistaneckis (Isaak, Itzhak Vistinietzki) (29 September 1910 in Marijampolė – 30 December 2000 in Tel Aviv) was a Lithuanian Jewish chess player who held the chess title of Correspondence Chess International Master (IM).
Biography
In 1930 ...
, Lithuanian chess master
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Isaka Cernak, Australian sportsman
See also
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Isak (surname) Isak is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Abdi Isak (born 1966), Somalian marathon runner
* Alexander Isak (born 1999) Swedish footballer
*Joesoef Isak (1928–2009), Indonesian publisher, translator and left-wing intellectual
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Isaac (disambiguation)
Isaac was one of the patriarchs of the Abrahamic faiths.
Isaac may also refer to:
* Isaac (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname of Isaac and its variants
Organizations
* International Society ...
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Isaacs (disambiguation) Isaacs may refer to:
* The Isaacs, a bluegrass Southern gospel music group
* Isaacs (surname)
* Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
* Division of Isaacs, a federal electoral division in Victoria, Australia
* Di ...
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Ishak (disambiguation) Ishak, Ishaq or Eshaq may refer to:
* Ishak (name), list of people with this given name or surname
* Isaaq, a Somalis, Somali clan-family in the Horn of Africa
* Ishaaq bin Ahmed, the semi-legendary forefather and common ancestor of the Isaaq clan- ...
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Zack (disambiguation)
Zack or Zach may refer to:
People
* Zach (surname), various people
* Zack (surname), various people
* Zack (personal name), lists of people and fictional characters named Zack, Zach, Zac, Zak or Zakk
* Záh (gens) or Zách, a ''gens'' (clan) in th ...
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Izzy (disambiguation)
Izzy is a common nickname for the given names Israel,Isaac, Isambard, Isidor, Isidore, Isidora, Isabel, Isobel, Isabelle, Isabella, Isaiah, Ishmael, Izzet, Isarn, Ismail, Isra, Izebel, Izmara, Isobelle, Isaura or Isam (عصام).
Izzy, Iz ...
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Izak catsharks
References
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Masculine given names