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 f ...

which is an alternate spelling for

Isaac Isaac ( ; ; ; ; ; ) is one of the three patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith. Isaac first appears in the Torah, in wh ...

. 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:

Izak

Izak Izak (or Izaak also Izhak, Itzchak, Itzik, see more options below) is a given name which is an alternate spelling for Isaac. Online sites, such as "Think Baby Names" state that: :Izak \i-zak\ as a boy's name is a variant of Isaac (Hebrew), and the ...

, Polish esports player *

Izak Aloni Izak (Izhak, Itzchak) Aloni (Schächter) (; 5 April 1905 – 2 June 1985) was an Israeli chess master. Biography Aloni, born Schächter in Buchach, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary), was twice Lvov (Lemberg, Lwów, Lviv) champion (1936, 1939), a ...

(1905-1985), Israeli chess master * Izak Buys (1895-1946), South Africa cricketer * Izak Davel (born 1943), South African actor * Izak David du Plessis (1900-1981), South African Afrikaans writer * Izak Moerdijk (born 1958), Dutch mathematician *

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

(born 1987), English sportsman * Izak Rober (1930-2000), 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. He is a ten times silver medal winner at Slovenian championship. Career Šantej medalled 12 times at the Slove ...

(born 1973), 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 ...

(born 1984), 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 tact ...

(1910-1973), South African rugby coach * Izak Hiko, New Zealand rugby player

Izaak

Izaak Appel Izaak (Isaak) Appel (1905–1941) was a Jewish-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 ...

(1905-1941), Polish chess master *

Izaak Grunbaum Yitzhak Gruenbaum (, Hebrew and Yiddish: ; 1879–1970) was a Polish and later Israeli politician. He was a leader of the Bloc of National Minorities and one of the top Zionist leaders in interwar Poland. In 1933 he travelled to Mandatory Palesti ...

(1879-1970), 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 ...

(1912-?), 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 ...

(1885-1955), 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 ...

(1894-1993), 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 D ...

(1879-1966), Dutch military commander. *

Izaak Towbin Izaak Towbin (1899, Korets, Volhynia – 1941, Warsaw) was a Polish chess master and organizer. Born in Korets, Ukraine (then Russian Empire) into a Jewish family, he entered a gymnasium in Kiev (1910–1918) and then Kiev University. In the ear ...

(1899-1941), 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'' (1653), he also wrote a number of short biographies including one of his friend John Donne. They have been ...

(1593-1683), English writer

Izaac

* Izaac Pacheco (born 2002), American baseball player * Izaac Johanes Wanggai (born 1982), Indonesian sportsman * Izaac Wang (born 2007), American child actor * Izaac Williams (born 1989), New Zealand sportsman

Isak

* Isak Andersson (born 1996), Swedish hurdler *

Isak Andic Isak Andic Ermay (; 1 October 1953 – 14 December 2024) was a Turkish-Spanish businessman. In 1984, he and his brother Nahman founded clothing retailer Mango (retailer), Mango. As Mango's largest shareholder, Andic was worth an estimated US$4. ...

(1953-2024), Turkish-born Spanish businessman * Isak-Beg (died 1457), ruler near Ottoman Empire *

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

(1856-1930), Swedish architect *

Isak Dinesen Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Ta ...

(1885-1962), pen name of

Karen Blixen Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Ta ...

, Danish author *

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 Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, he has represented Västerbotten County (Riks ...

(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 ...

(born 1953), Swedish-Sámi artisan and teacher *

Isak Musliu Isak Musliu (born 31 October 1970) is a former member of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or UÇK in Albanian). Early life Musliu was born on 31 October 1970 in Reçak, which is now part of Shtime. Career He was known as “Qerqiz” during the ...

(born 1970), Yugoslavian camp guard * Isak Penttala (1883–1955), Finnish politician *

Isak Saba Isak Mikal Saba (15 November 1875 – 1 June 1921) was a Norwegian Sami people, Sámi teacher and politician. He was born in 1875 in Nesseby Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway to Per Sabasen and Bigi Henriksdatter Aikio. Saba married Marie ...

(1875-1921), Norwegian leader *

Isak Valtersen ''Skam'' (stylized as ''SKAM''; ; English: ''Shame'') is a Norwegian teen drama streaming television series about the daily life of teenagers at the Hartvig Nissen School, a gymnasium in the wealthy borough of Frogner in West End Oslo and Nor ...

, fictional character in the Norwegian TV show Skam

Itzhak

Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the First ina ...

(born 1945), Israeli-American musician * Itzhak Rabin (1922-1995), Israeli leader *

Itzhak Shum Itzhak Shum (; 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 Israel national footba ...

(born 1948), Israeli sportsman *

Itzhak Ben-Zvi Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( ''Yitshak Ben-Tsvi''; 24 November 188423 April 1963; born Izaak Shimshelevich) was a historian, ethnologist, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving president of Israel. He was first elected on 8 December 1952, assumed of ...

(1884-1963), Israeli president *

Itzhak Katzenelson Itzhak Katzenelson (; also transcribed as ''Icchak-Lejb Kacenelson'', ''Jizchak Katzenelson''; ''Yitzhok Katznelson'') (1 July 1886 – 1 May 1944) was a Polish Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist. He was born in 1886 in Karelichy near Minsk, ...

(1886-1944), Jewish intellectual * Itzhak Shamir (1915-2012), Israeli politician * Itzhak Fintzi (born 1933), Bulgarian actor *

Itzhak Stern Itzhak Stern (; 25 January 1901 – 30 January 1969) was a Polish Jew and a Holocaust survivor, who worked for Sudeten-German industrialist Oskar Schindler and assisted him in his rescue activities during the Holocaust. After World War II, St ...

(1901-1969), Holocaust survivor *

Itzhak Bentov Itzhak "Ben" Bentov (also ''Ben-Tov''; ; 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 biomedical engineering ...

(1923-1979), Czech intellectual *

Itzhak Sadeh Yitzhak Sadeh (; 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. Biography Sadeh was bo ...

(1890-1952), Israeli leader

Itzchak

* Itzchak Tarkay (1935-2012), Israeli painter

Itzik

Itzik Zohar Itzik Zohar (; 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 first two goals for Is ...

(born 1970), Israeli sportsman *

Itzik Manger Itzik Manger (30 May 1901, Czernowitz, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire – 21 February 1969, Gedera, Israel; ) was a prominent Yiddish language, Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and 'master tailor' of the writ ...

(1901-1969), 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 P ...

(1900-1952), Soviet intellectual *

Itzik Kol Itzik Kol (; 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 Yitchak Kolker (later Itz ...

(1932-2007), Israeli TV producer * Itzik Kornfein (born 1971), Israeli sportsman

Izhak

* Izhak Mamistvalov (born 1979), 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 Orchest ...

(1924-2003), 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. He created the ...

(1793-1847), 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 model and beauty pageant titleholder who competed in the 1992 Miss Universe pageant on May 8, 1992 and placed fourth after being the leader of the competition t ...

(born 1971), Venezuelan beauty queen * Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt (1670–1744), Jewish rabbi

Other

* Isakas Vistaneckis (1910-2000), Lithuanian chess master * Isaka Cernak (born 1989), Australian sportsman

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