Isaac


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
1518 famous people named Isaac found on Wikipedia.
282712 male, 736 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 34-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 29-th in year 2013
Used in: Biblical, English

Meanings

A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “laughter.”.

Isaac or Isaak, transliterated from (Hebrew: יִצְחָק‎‎, Standard Yiẓḥaq Tiberian Yiṣḥāq, Arabic: إسحٰق‎‎ ʾIsḥāq) as Itzhak or Yitzhak, or Yitzchok, was one of the three patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is told in the book of Genesis.
Isaac is a given name derived from Judaism and a given name among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim societies, generally in reference to the above. "Isaac" is loosely translated as "laughing". "Ike" and "Ise" are also short forms of the name Isaac.

Masc. proper name, name of a biblical patriarch, from Late Latin, from Greek Isaak, from Hebrew Yitzhaq, literally "he laughs," imperf. of tzahaq "he laughed."

Only son of abraham and sarah, half brother of ishmael. Laughter, he will laugh; he will rejoice.

Famous People: 1518 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Oscar Isaac 1979 Guatemalan-born American actor and singer
2 Isaac Asimov 1920 American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science
3 Isaac Hayes 1942 Singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, and actor
4 Isaac Hempstead-Wright 1999 British actor
5 Isaac Hanson 1980 American musician
6 Isaac Mizrahi 1961 Fashion designer, television personality
7 Isaac Success 1996 Nigerian footballer
8 Isaac Hayden 1995 Footballer
9 Isaac Perlmutter 1942 American businessman
10 Isaac Bashevis Singer 1902 Polish-born Jewish-American author
11 Isaac Brock 1769 British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
12 Isaac Cuenca 1991 Spanish footballer
13 Isaac Watts 1674 English hymnwriter, theologian and logician
14 Isaac Bruce 1972 American football player
15 Isaac Albéniz 1860 Spanish-Catalan musician
16 Isaac Stern 1920 American musician
17 Isaac Slade 1981 Singer, songwriter, co-founder of the Fray
18 Isaac Singer 1811 American businessman, inventor of the Singer sewing machine
19 Islamic view of Isaac
20 Isaac Chilemba 1987 South African boxer
21 Isaac Herzog 1960 Israeli politician
22 Isaac Woodard 1919 American victim of racial abuse
23 Isaac Waddington 1999
24 Isaac Tigrett 1947 American businessman
25 Isaac Luria 1534 Rabbi
26 Jonathan Isaac 1997
27 Isaac Lidsky 1979 American actor and lawyer
28 Isaak Babel 1894 Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer
29 Isaac II Angelos 1155 Byzantine emperor
30 Isaac Thelin 1992 Swedish footballer
31 Isaac Levitan 1860 Russian artist
32 Isaac Jogues 1607 Canadian saint
33 Thomas Isaac 1952 Indian politician
34 Isaac Barrow 1630 English Christian theologian, and mathematician
35 Isaac Mendez Fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes
36 Isaac C. Kidd 1884 American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
37 Hans Isaac 1971 Malaysian model
38 Isaac George 1957 Italian actor and comedian
39 Bobby Isaac 1932 American racecar driver
40 Isaac Shelby 1750 American politician
41 Isaac W. Sprague 1841 American performer
42 Isaac C. Singleton Jr. 1967 American actor
43 Isaac Deutscher 1907 British historian
44 Isaac Rosenberg 1890 English poet
45 Isaac Florentine 1958 Israeli film director
46 Isaac de Porthau 1617 French muskateer
47 Isaac Vassell 1993 English footballer
48 Isaac Stevens 1818 Union United States Army general
49 Isaac Isaacs 1855 3rd Chief Justice and 9th Governor-General of Australia
50 Isaac Heeney 1996 Australian rules footballer
51 Isaac M. Taylor 1921 American medical academic
52 Isaac Austin 1969 American basketball player-coach
53 Isaac Bell Main character of five of Clive Cussler's books
54 Isaac I Komnenos 1005 Byzantine Emperor
55 Isaac Pitman 1813 British inventor
56 Isaac R. Trimble 1802 Confederate Army general
57 Isaac Marion 1981 American writer and musician
58 Isaac Cline 1861 American meteorologist
59 Isaac Hamilton 1994 American basketball player
60 Isaac Adaka Boro 1938 Nigerian Army officer
61 Isaac Allerton 1586 Mayflower passenger
62 Isaac Sopoaga 1981 Player of American football
63 Isaac Donkor 1995 Footballer
64 Isaac of Nineveh 0640 Eastern Orthodox saint
65 Isaac Larian 1954 American businessman
66 Isaac Newton Van Nuys 1836 American farmer
67 Isaac Folorunso Adewole 1954
68 Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus 1155 Ruler of Cyprus from 1184 to 1191
69 Isaac Guillory 1947 American musician
70 Isaac Julien 1960 British artist and film director
71 Isaac Fotu 1993 New Zealand basketball player
72 Heinrich Isaac 1450 Musician
73 Isaac Hayes III 1975 American record producer
74 Jamie Isaac British singer and producer
75 Isaac Feau’nati 1973 Rugby union player from Samoa
76 Isaac Carpenter 1979 American musician
77 Isaac Alfasi 1013 Talmudist and posek
78 Isaac Roosevelt 1726 American merchant and politician; great-great-grandfather of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
79 Isaac Alfaiate 1988 Portuguese model
80 Isaac Casaubon 1559 French academic
81 Isaac Hull 1773 American naval officer
82 Isaac Wolfson 1897 British baronet
83 Isaac D'Israeli 1766 British writer
84 Isaac Redman 1984 Player of American football
85 Isaac Newton 1800 First United States Commissioner of Agriculture
86 Isaac Haxton 1985 American poker player
87 Isaac Cofie 1991 Ghanaian footballer
88 Isaac Viñales 1993 Spanish motorcycle racer
89 Isaac Titsingh 1745 Dutch diplomat
90 Isaac Butt 1813 British politician
91 Isaac Ruto Kenyan politician
92 Isaac Bonewits 1949 Neopagan leader, author, and neo-druid priest
93 Isaac Promise 1987 Footballer
94 Isaac Peral 1851 Spanish submarine pioneer
95 Augie Isaac 2000 American actor
96 Tassos Isaac 1972 Cypriot activist
97 Isaac Vorsah 1988 Ghanaian footballer
98 Isaac Seumalo 1993 American football offensive lineman
99 Isaac Makwala 1986 Botswana sprinter
100 Isaac Boss 1980 Irish rugby union player
101 Isaac Mayer Wise 1819 American rabbi
102 Isaac Newell 1853 English pioneer of football in Argentina
103 Isaac Oliver 1556 British painter
104 James Isaac 1960 American film director
105 Isaac Carasso 1874 Prominent Spanish jew
106 Isaac Carree 1973 Musician
107 Isaac Franklin 1789 American planter
108 Isaac Delahaye 1982 Belgian musician
109 Isaac Israëls 1865 Dutch painter associated with Amsterdam Impressionism
110 Isaac Curtis 1950 American football player
111 Hamdi Adus Isaac 1978 Member of al-Qaeda
112 Isaac Roberts 1829 Welsh astronomer
113 Ty Isaac 1994
114 Isaac Fruechte 1991
115 Isaac Lee 1971 Colombian journalist and businessman
116 Isaac Sharry 1968 French actor and producer
117 Isaac Vallie-Flagg 1978 Mixed martial artist
118 Isaac Israeli ben Solomon 0832 Medieval Egyptian physician
119 Isaac Cordal 1974 Spanish urban sculptor
120 Isaac Barré 1726 British businessman
121 Isaac Beeckman 1588 Dutch philosopher and scientist
122 Isaac Toucey 1792 American politician
123 Isaac Okoronkwo 1978 Nigerian footballer
124 Ephraim Isaac 1936 American scholar
125 Isaac Newton Lewis 1858 American soldier and inventor of the Lewis gun (1858–1931)
126 Isaac Wolfe Bernheim 1848 American businessman
127 Isaac Chansa 1984 Footballer
128 ISAAC
129 Isaac De Gois 1984 Australian rugby league player
130 Isaac Mbenza 1996 Belgian association football player
131 Isaac Israel Hayes 1832 United States explorer and physician
132 Isaac Cruikshank 1764 British artist
133 Isaac René Guy le Chapelier 1754 French politician
134 Isaac Burns 1861 American jockey
135 Isaac the Blind 1160 French writer and rabbi
136 Isaac N. Ebey 1818 American murder victim
137 Isaac La Peyrère 1596 French theologian
138 Isaac Van Zandt 1813 Political leader in the Republic of Texas
139 Isaac Foot 1880 British politician
140 Isaac Baker Brown 1811 English gynaecologist and obstetric surgeon
141 Isaac Graham 1800 American pioneer
142 Isaac John 1988 New Zealand rugby league player
143 Isaac Bernays 1792 German rabbi
144 Elisapie Isaac 1977 Canadian recording artist and documentary filmmaker
145 Isaac Van Wart 1762 American militiaman
146 Isaac Thomas Hecker 1818 United States Catholic clergyman
147 Isaac Low 1735 American politician
148 Isaak Sinclair 1775 German author
149 Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes 1867 American architect
150 Isaac of Armenia 0338 Armenian saint
151 Isaac Goldberg 1887 American journalist
152 Isaac Le Maire 1558 Dutch merchant
153 Isaac Boleslavsky 1919 Chess player
154 Isaac C. Haight 1813 American politician
155 Isaac D. White 1901 United States Army general
156 Isaac Holstein 1987 Basketball player
157 Isaac Norris 1701 American politician
158 Isaac Liu 1991 Rugby player
159 Isaac Stearns 1595
160 Isaac Bitton 1779 British boxer
161 Isaac Nathan 1790 Anglo-Australian composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist
162 Isaac of Dalmatia 0400 Greek saint
163 Isaac Todhunter 1820 English mathematician (1820-1884)
164 Isaac A. Van Amburgh 1808 US circus artists and animal trainer
165 Isaac Murphy 1799 American politician
166 Isaac Humphries 1998 Australian basketball player
167 Isaac Chauncey 1779 American Commodore
168 Isaac Milner 1750 British mathematician
169 Isaac Morley 1786 Early LDS Church leader
170 DJ Isaac 1974 Dutch record producer and club DJ
171 Chris Isaac 1959 American football player
172 Isaac Becerra 1988 Spanish footballer
173 Jason Isaac 1971 American businessman and politician
174 Isaac Osbourne 1986 Footballer
175 Isaac Berger 1936 Weightlifter
176 Isaac Ross 1984 New Zealand rugby union player
177 Isaac Shoenberg 1880 Russian engineer
178 Isaac Backus 1724 Preacher
179 Isaac Ochoterena 1885 Mexican botanist
180 Isaac Gálvez 1975 Racing cyclist
181 Isaac Sackey 1994 Ghanaian footballer
182 Leo Isaac 1961 Filipino basketball player
183 Isaac Schlossbach 1891 Polar explorer
184 Isaac M. Jordan 1835 American politician
185 Isaac Boakye 1981 Ghanaian footballer
186 Isaac P. Gray 1828 American politician
187 Isaac Rice 1850 German American musicologist, lawyer, inventor and capitalist, and chess writer
188 Isaac Aboab da Fonseca 1605 Sephardi rabbi
189 Isaac Babbitt 1799 American goldsmith
190 Isaac Johnson English colonist, one of the founders of Massachusetts.
191 Isaac Mwaura 1982
192 Isaac Lankershim 1818 Landowner
193 Isaac Leeser 1806 American newspaper editor
194 Isaac Hopper 1771 American activist
195 Isaac Chuang Scientist at MIT
196 Isaac Massa 1586 Dutch grain trader, traveller and diplomat
197 Isaac Kashdan 1905 Chess player
198 Isaac Knapp 1804 American publisher
199 Isaac Kramnick 1938 American historian
200 Isaac de Pinto 1717 Jewish writer