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

(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 *

Izak Buys Isaac Daniel "Izak" Buys (born 4 February 1895, death date 9 Oct 1946 in the Grootte Schuur Hospital, Cape Town (after his death his body was donated to the medical school of the University of Cape Town ) was a South African cricketer. A left-a ...

, South Africa cricketer *

Izak Davel Izak Davel (born 1 July 1983 in South Africa) is a South African actor, singer, dancer and male model. He matriculated at the Lady Grey Arts Academy in 2001 after which he proceeded to study dance at the Tshwane University of Technology and fin ...

, South African actor *

Izak David du Plessis Izak David du Plessis, who published under the name I. D. du Plessis (25 June 1900, in Cape Town, Cape Colony – 11 December 1981 in Cape Town), was an Afrikaans-language writer. A successful writer in many genres, he is included among the Derti ...

, South African Afrikaans writer *

Izak Moerdijk Izak (Ieke) Moerdijk (; born 23 January 1958) is a Dutch mathematician, currently working at Utrecht University, who in 2012 won the Spinoza prize. Education and career Moerdijk studied mathematics, philosophy and general linguistics at the Uni ...

, Dutch mathematician *

Izak Reid Izak George Reid (born 8 July 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Hednesford Town, where he plays as a midfielder. Playing career Reid came through the ranks at Macclesfield Town and became ...

, English sportsman * Izak Rober, Turkish sportsman *

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 *

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 *

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

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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 * Izaak Grunbaum, Israeli politician *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 Dij ...

, Dutch military commander. * Izaak Towbin, Polish chess master *

Izaak Walton Izaak Walton (baptised 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of ''The Compleat Angler'', he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. They have been colle ...

, English writer

Izaac

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 footb ...

, Indonesian sportsman *

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 *

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

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Isak Gustaf Clason Isak Gustaf Clason (30 July 1856 Falun – 19 July 1930 Rättvik) was a Swedish architect. Biography Clason studied engineering and later architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of Albert T ...

, Swedish architect *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 h ...

, Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher * Kim Isak, former member of the

Isak N Jiyeon Isak N Jiyeon (이삭 N 지연) was a South Korean R&B duo formed by SM Entertainment in 2002. The duo released one album, ''Tell Me Baby'', in September 2002 before disbanding two years later following Isak’s departure. Later on, Jiyeon joine ...

Korean singing duo *

Isak Musliu Isak Musliu (born 31 October 1970), is a former member of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or UÇK in Albanian). He was known as “Qerqiz” during the Yugoslav wars. After the Kosovo War, he was accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for the ...

, Yugoslavian camp guard *

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 * Isak Valtersen, fictional character in the Norwegian TV show Skam

Itzhak

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 *

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 *

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 Is ...

, Israeli sportsman *

Itzhak Ben-Zvi Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( he, יִצְחָק בֶּן־צְבִי‎ ''Yitshak Ben-Tsvi''; 24 November 188423 April 1963) was a historian, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving President of Israel. Biography Born in Poltava in the Russian Empire ...

, Israeli president *

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 * Itzhak Shamir, Israeli politician *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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. ...

, Israeli leader

Itzchak

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

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 *

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 *

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 Poet ...

, Soviet intellectual *

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 Yitc ...

, Israeli TV producer *

Itzik Kornfein Yitzhak "Itzik" Kornfein ( he, יצחק "איציק" קורנפיין; born 24 September 1971 in Jerusalem) is a retired Israeli goalkeeper who played mostly for Beitar Jerusalem. He also played for Hapoel Tiberias, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Rama ...

, Israeli sportsman **

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

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Izhak Mamistvalov Itzhak Mamistvalov is an Israeli Paralympic swimmer. Mamistvalov was born with cerebral palsy, and uses his right hand only when swimming. Classified S1, the class for swimmers with the most severe disabilities, he competes in S1 ...

, Israeli swimmer *

Izhak Graziani Izhak Graziani ( (August 4, 1924 - July 7, 2003) was an Israeli music conductor. Biography Izhak ("Ziko") Graziani was born in Ruse, Bulgaria, where he studied music and conducting. In 1948, he immigrated to Israel and joined the IDF Orchestr ...

, Israeli conductor

Izsak

Izsák Lőwy Izsák Lőwy (also known as ''Isaac Lowy'') (1793, Nagysurány, Kingdom of Hungary – 8 April 1847, Újpest, Kingdom of Hungary) was a Hungarian industrialist and founder of the city Újpest, now a district of Budapest, Hungary Hunga ...

, Hungarian industrialist *

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 *

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 * Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt (1670–1744), Jewish rabbi

Other

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 *

Isaka Cernak Isaka Aongor Čerňák-Okanya (born 9 April 1989) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Olympic FC. Club career Youth career In his youth football playing days, Cernak played for the Peninsula Power, ...

, Australian sportsman

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