Given name · also Arabic
İshak
İshak is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
İshak comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Arabic إِسْحَاق, from Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק (yiṣḥāq).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
İshak’s family of names
In Turkish usage, İshak has a conventional equivalent in the English form Isaac. In Turkish usage, İshak has a conventional equivalent in the German form Isaak.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named İshak
- İshak DoğanTurkish association football player (born 1990)
- İshak SükutiTurkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (1868–1903)
- İshak ÇakmakTurkish association football player (born 1992)
- İshak AlatonTurkish businessperson (1927–2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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>99% boys