Given name · also Latin
Izsák
“he laughs, he will laugh”
Izsák is a masculine given name from Ecclesiastical Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Hungarian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Izsák goes back to Biblical Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq), meaning “he laughs, he will laugh.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Izsák comes from Ecclesiastical Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ecclesiastical Latin Isaac, from Classical Latin Isaāc, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαᾱ́κ, from Biblical Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, “he laughs, he will laugh”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Izsák’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Izsák has a conventional equivalent in the English form Isaac. In Hungarian usage, Izsák has a conventional equivalent in the German form Isaak.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Izsák has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Izsák
- Ignatz LichtensteinHungarian Orthodox Rabbi (1825–1908)
- Izák AbrahamidesSlovak writer (1570s-1621)1557–1621
- Izsák PerlmutterHungarian painter (1866–1932)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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