Given name
Itzhak
“full of laughter”
Itzhak is a variant of Isaac. One Hebrew interpretation is “full of laughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Itzhak is a variant of Isaac. One Hebrew interpretation is “full of laughter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Itzhak is a variant of Isaac. An origin associated with Isaac is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Itzhak is a variant of Isaac. The history of Isaac gives this family its wider story. In biblical tradition, Isaac is the name of the son of Abraham.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Itzhak through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45
- 45 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 344 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Itzhak’s family of names
Itzhak has a related form in Isaac. In English usage, Itzhak has a related form in YITZCHAK. In English usage, Itzhak has a related form in Yitzhak.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Itzhak
- Itzhak PerlmanIsraeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)
- Art SpiegelmanAmerican cartoonist and writer (born 1948)
- Itzhak SternPolish accountant and Holocaust survivor (1901–1969)
- Itzhak VissokerIsraeli footballerborn 1944
- Itzhak ShumIsraeli footballerborn 1948
- Itzhak KatzenelsonJewish teacher, poet and dramatist, murdered in Holocaust (1886-1944)
- Itzhak de LaatDutch short-track speed skaterborn 1994
- Icchokas MerasLithuanian Jewish writer (1932-2014)
- Itzhak FintziBulgarian actorborn 1933
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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