Given name
Yitzhak
“full of laughter”
Yitzhak is a form of Isaac. One Hebrew interpretation is “full of laughter.”
Original Hebrewיצחק
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Yitzhak carries the interpretation “full of laughter.” Yitzhak is a form of Isaac. One Hebrew interpretation is “full of laughter.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In Jewish use, Yitzhak is used as a form of Isaac.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Yitzhak is a form 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
Yitzhak through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 249
- 249 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,647 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,647 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 334 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.
Yitzhak’s family of names
Yitzhak shares a linguistic root with Isaac. In English usage, Yitzhak has a related form in Itzhak. Yitzhak is a form of Isaac.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yitzhak
- Yitzhak RabinIsraeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
- Yitzhak Shamir7th Prime Minister of Israel (1915-2012)
- Yitzhak Navon5th President of Israel (1978–1983), Israeli Cabinet minister, Member of the Knesset, author, playwright, and educator (born 1921–2015)
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi2nd President of Israel (1952–1963) - (1884–1963)
- Yitzhak YedidIsraeli-born Australian musicianborn 1971
- Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
- Yitzhak AradIsraeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 19931926–2021
- Yitzhak MordechaiIsraeli military officer and politicianborn 1944
- Yitzhak YosefIsraeli chief (Sephardi Jewish) rabbiborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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