Thursday, July 5, 2007

Origin and meaning of Isaac

Isaac
Hebrew
Male
`laughing one
Meaning&Origin
Isaac is a Hebrew boys name.
The meaning of the name is `laughing one`.
Where is it used?
The name Isaac is mainly used in English, Jewish and in the bible.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Isak (In Swedish)
Yitzhak (In Jewish)
Izsák (In Hungarian)
Izaak (In German)
Iisakki (In Finnish)
Iikka (In Finnish)
Issac (In English (Modern))
If it's too long people might use
In English: Izzy
In English: Zack
In English: Zak
See also
In Jewish: Sekel (M)
In Jewish: Itzhak
In English and in French: Isidore
In English: Zachary
In English: Ike (M)
In the bible and in Jewish: Israel
Statistics
The name Isaac was given to 8860 babies in the USA in 2004. Isaac was the number 72 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 9004 babies making it the number 46 name that year.
-www.talkingbabies.com

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