Isaac (name)

Isaac (Hebrew, "God laughed / joked " or "God has ( someone ) to make you laugh " ) is a masculine first name, which is also common as a surname.

  • 3.1 first name
  • 3.2 Surname 3.2.1 form Isaac
  • 3.2.2 form Isaak

Origin and Meaning

The name of tradition goes back to the biblical patriarch Isaac, whose Hebrew name was transcribed יצחק ( Jitzchaq ) via the Greek and Latin to Isaac. Extra-Biblical, the name is not used. The name contains the Hebrew root word " laugh " and literally means " he laughs ". As the subject is probably El supplement for "God." Accordingly, it is a set of names, which is probably something like " God laughed " or "God smiles ( the child )" means.

The name has been widely used on Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Variants

First name

  • Arabic: Ishaq
  • Armenian: Sahak
  • English: Isaac
  • Hebrew: Yitzhak, Yitzhak
  • Yiddish: Izzy, Itzik, Icek
  • Kurdish: Ishak
  • Portuguese: Isac
  • Romanian: Isac
  • Swedish: Isak
  • Norwegian: Isak
  • Turkish: Ishak
  • Spanish: Isaac

Family name

  • Norwegian: Isaksen
  • Swedish: Isaksson
  • Spanish: Isaac

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

(Representative in chronological order)

  • Isaac (Armenia ), Bishop in Armenia († 438)
  • Isaac the Great ( also Sahak I. ) (* 340, † September 7 439 ), theologian, translator of the Bible, saint and founder of the Armenian church
  • Isaac of Dalmatia, patron saint of Peter the Great ( 4th century)
  • Isaac of Antioch (5th century )
  • Isaac of Nineveh (also: I. the Syrians ) (7th century )
  • Isaac of Aachen ( around 800), the first German Jew known by name; Interpreters of Charlemagne Harun ar - Rashid
  • Isaac Ben Solomon Israeli ( 840-940 )
  • Isaac I. ( Byzantium ), Isaac I Komnenos ( 1005-1061 ), Byzantine Emperor
  • Isaac ben Melchizedek Siponto (ca. 1090-1160 ), an Italian Jewish scholar
  • Isaac of Montjoie ( † after 1382, probably before 1386 ), German Jewish businessman, who worked in Monschau, Brühl, Cologne and Bonn
  • Isaac ben Moses (* 1180, † 1260 ), Jewish scholar and Dezisor
  • Isaac the Blind ( called Isaac Saggi Nahor, euphemistically the clairvoyant; acting in 1200 in the Provence), Jewish scholar and Kabbalist
  • Isaac of Stella (1110-1168)
  • Isaac II (1155-1204), Byzantine Emperor
  • Isaac I. Aboab (also: Isaac Aboab ), in 1300 living and acting in Spain religio- ethical author of Sephardic Family
  • Isaac II Aboab (also: Abuab; * to 1433, † 1493 ), Castilian rabbi; was regarded as " the last gaon of Castile "
  • Isaac ben Joseph ibn polegar, living and acting in Spain in the early 15th century Jewish scholar
  • Albalag Isaac ( Isaac al - Ballag ), Jewish philosopher of the 13th century in southern France or northern Spain
  • Isaac ibn Latif ( Isaac ben Latif, * 1210, † around 1280/1284 ), mystic seekers of God
  • Isaac Loute (* 1991), Beninese national football team
  • Isaac Luria (1534-1572), rabbi and Kabbalist
  • Isaac ben Meir of Düren, German Jewish scholar of the 14th century and Dezisor
  • Isaac Ben Abraham (1533-1594)
  • Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), English clergyman and mathematician
  • Isaac Berr (1744-1828), champion of Jewish emancipation in France
  • Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727), physicist and philosopher
  • Isaac Soreau ( 17th century), German painter
  • Isaac Lampronti (1679-1756), Italian rabbis and Jewish scholars
  • Ysaak Brons (also Ysaac Brons; 1802-1886 ), politician, merchant and shipowner; 1848/49 Member of the National Assembly in Frankfurt
  • Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875), American entrepreneur and inventor
  • Izaak Kramsztyk (1814-1889), Polish rabbi, journalist and patriot
  • Isaac Israels (1865-1934), Dutch painter
  • Isacco Mariani (1892-1925), an Italian motorcycle racer
  • Isaac Babel (1894-1940), Ukrainian writer
  • Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991), writer and Nobel
  • Isaac German (1907-1967), Trotskyist writer, journalist and historian of Communism
  • Isaak Pomeranchuk (1913-1966), Russian physicist
  • Yitzhak Shamir (1915-2012), Prime Minister of Israel
  • Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American writer
  • Yitzhak Navon (* 1921), 5th President of Israel
  • Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), Israeli Chief of Staff and Prime Minister
  • Isaac Hayes (1942-2008), American musician
  • Itzhak Perlman ( born 1945 ), violinist
  • Isaac Broid ( born 1952 ), Mexican architect and designer

Family name

Form of Isaac

  • Alfred Isaac (1888-1956), German economist
  • Armand Isaac BENEDIC (1875-1962), French Curler
  • Bobby Isaac (1932-1977), American racing driver
  • Glynn Isaac (1937-1985), South African paleoanthropologist
  • Heinrich Isaac (Italian Arrigo Tedesco; 1450-1517 ), composer and singer frankoflämischer
  • Ismaël Isaac (* 1966), Ivorian reggae singer
  • James Isaac, birth name of James Wolf (1870-1943), German folk singers, comedians and variety artists
  • James Isaac (director) ( 1960-2012 ), American film director
  • Jeffrey Isaac ( born 1956 ), American painter and video artist
  • Jules Isaac (1877-1963), French historian
  • Oscar Isaac ( born 1980 ), American actor
  • Pedro Isaac Mullen ( born 1985 ), Cuban wrestler
  • Robert M. Isaac (1928-2008), American politician (Colorado Springs )
  • Vernon Isaac (1913-1999), American jazz musician and bandleader

Form of Isaac

  • Aaron Isaac (1730-1816), German founder of the Jewish community in Stockholm
  • Chris Isaak ( born 1956 ), American singer and actor
  • Dawit Isaak (born 1964 ), Swedish journalist
  • Felix Isaac (* 1989), German volleyball player
  • Tassos Isaac (1972-1996), Cypriot demonstrators, victims of the Cyprus conflict
Elohim Isaac in Islam Itzig family Isaac II Angelos Isaac Aboab I Isaac Aboab of Castile Isaac ben Joseph ibn Pulgar Isaac Albalag Isaak Soreau Isaac Singer Isaac Deutscher International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Hurricane Isaac (2012)
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