Given name & surname
Ishak
“a laughing child”
Ishak is a variant of Ishaq. One Arabic interpretation is “a laughing child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ishak is a variant of Ishaq. One Arabic interpretation is “a laughing child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ishak is a variant of Ishaq. An origin associated with Ishaq is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ishak through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 73 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 287 as a first name in 2020; 1,267 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ishak’s family of names
Ishak shares an earlier linguistic root with SEHAK. Ishak has a conventional equivalent in the English form Isaac. Ishak has a related form in Ishaq.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ishak
- Ishak BelfodilAlgerian and French footballerborn 1992
- Eshaq Jahangiri6th First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iranborn 1957
- Ishak PashaOttoman Grand Vizier1444–1487
- Ishaq ibn Rahwayhmuhaddith and Hafiz (0778-0853)
- Ishaq ibn AliAlmoravid Emir (ruled 1147; died 1147)1110–1147
- Ishak EfendiOttoman scientist1774–1835
- Ishak Bey HranićSanjak-bey of Üsküb1301–1444
- Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli8th-century Umayyad general and governor
- Ishak of KaramanBeg of Karaman from 1464 to 1465
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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