Isaac (name)
Isaac (Heb .: יִצְחָק yiṣḥāq , "God laughed / joked," or "God (someone) made her laugh") is a Hebrew male first name , also known as family name is common.
The name comes from the Bible and describes there Isaac , son of Abraham and father of Jacob , the second of the three ancestors of the Israelites . The Hebrew name (Jitzchaq) was transcribed to Isaac through the Greek and Latin . The name is not used outside the Bible. It contains the Hebrew root word “laugh” and literally means “he laughs”. As a subject, El should be added for “God”. Accordingly, it is a sentence name that probably means something like "God has laughed" or "God smiles (to the child)". The name was spread through Judaism , Christianity and Islam .
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Bearer of the first name
Isaak, Isaac, Izaak
Antiquity and the Middle Ages (chronological)
- Isaac of Dalmatia , patron saint of Peter the Great (4th century)
- Isaac (Armenia) , bishop in Armenia († 438)
- Isaac the Great (also Sahak I) (* 340; † 7 September 439), theologian, Bible translator, saint and founder of the Armenian Church
- Isaac of Antioch (5th century)
- Isaac of Jerusalem , Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (601–609)
- Isaac of Nineveh (also: I. the Syrian) (7th century)
- Isaak from Aachen (around 800), first German Jew known by name; Interpreter of Charlemagne at Hārūn ar-Raschīd
- Isaak Ben Solomon Israeli (840-940)
- Isaac I (Byzantium) , Isaac I Komnenos (1005-1061), Byzantine emperor
- Isaak ben Eleazar ha-Levi († before 1090), Talmud scholar in Mainz and Worms
- Isaac ben Melchizedek of Siponto (c. 1090–1160), Italian Jewish scholar
- Isaac of Stella (1110–1168)
- Isaac the blind (called Isaak Saggi Nahor, euphemistically the clairvoyant; active around 1200 in Provence), Jewish scholar and Kabbalist
- Isaac II (1155–1204), Byzantine emperor
- Isaak Komnenos , († around 1294), Byzantine ruler of Cyprus
- Isaak Albalag (Isaak al-Ballag), Jewish philosopher of the 13th century in southern France or northern Spain
- Isaac ben Mose (* around 1180; † around 1260), Jewish scholar and dean
- Isaak ibn Latif (Isaak ben Latif; * around 1210, † around 1280/1284), mystical seeker of God
- Isaak von Montjoie († after 1382, probably before 1386), German Jewish entrepreneur who worked in Monschau, Brühl, Cologne and Bonn
- Isaac I. Aboab (also: Isaak Aboab), religious and ethical author from Sephardic family who lived and worked in Spain around 1300
- Isaak ben Josef ibn Polegar , a Jewish scholar who lived and worked in Spain in the early 15th century
- Isaac II Aboab (also: Abuab; * around 1433, † 1493), Castilian rabbi; was considered the "last Gaon of Castile"
Modern times (alphabetical)
- Isaac Asare (* 1974), Ghanaian soccer player
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), American writer
- Isaak Emmanuilowitsch Babel (1894–1940), Russian journalist and writer
- Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), English clergyman and mathematician
- Isaak Berr (1744–1828), champion of the emancipation of Jews in France
- Izaak van den Blocke (around 1575, † 1628), Danzig Mannerist painter of Flemish origin
- Isaac Broid (* 1952), Mexican architect and designer
- Ysaak Brons (also Ysaac Brons; 1802–1886), politician, businessman and shipowner; 1848/49 member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Isac Chiva (1925–2012), Romanian-French social anthropologist
- Isaac Cline (1861–1955), American meteorologist
- Isaac Commelin (1598–1676), Dutch publisher and bookseller
- Isaac Deutscher (1907–1967), Trotskyist writer, journalist and historian of communism
- Isaac Haxton (born 1985), American poker player
- Isaac Hayes (1942–2008), American musician
- Isaac Israëls (1865–1934), Dutch painter
- Izaak Kramsztyk (1814–1889), Polish rabbi, publicist and patriot
- Isaak Lampronti (1679–1756), Italian rabbi and Jewish scholar
- Isaac Louté (* 1991), Beninese national football player
- Isaak Luria (1534–1572), rabbi and Kabbalist
- Isaac Newton (1643–1727), physicist and philosopher
- Isaac Offenbach (* around 1779/1781; † 1850), cantor of the Jewish community in Cologne, poet, composer, father of Jacques Offenbach
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), writer and Nobel Prize for Literature
- Isaac Merritt Singer (1811–1875), American entrepreneur and inventor
- Isaak Pomerantschuk (1913–1966), Russian physicist
- Isaak Soreau (17th century), German painter
- Isaac Ben Abraham Troki (1533–1594)
- Izaak Walton (1593–1683), English tailor, fisherman, biographer and specialist author
Other forms
Isacco
- Isacco Mariani (1892–1925), Italian motorcycle racer
- Isacco Nahoum (1922–1990), Italian resistance fighter, politician and author
Itzhak, Yitzchak, Yitzchak
- Jitzchak Avidov (1917–2005), Jewish partisan in World War II
- Itzhak Bars (* 1943), American theoretical physicist
- Jizchak Blaser (1837–1907), Chief Rabbi of St. Petersburg (1861 / 62–1880)
- Itzhak Danziger (1916–1977), Israeli sculptor and landscape architect
- Jizchak Katzenelson (1886–1944), Jewish poet and playwright
- Itzhak Levy (* 1982), Israeli ice hockey player
- Yitzchak Nawon (1921–2015), 5th President of Israel
- Itzhak Perlman (* 1945), violinist
- Yitzchak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli Chief of Staff and Prime Minister
- Isaak Jakob Reines (1839–1915h), Orthodox rabbi and Talmud scholar
- Yitzchak Shamir (1915–2012), Israeli Prime Minister
- Jizchak Shenhar (1902–1957), Hebrew writer
- Jizchak Schwersenz (1915–2005), teacher and Jewish resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Jizchak Ben Zwi (1884–1963 in Jerusalem), Israeli historian, politician, second President of Israel
Fictional character
- Isaacs Storm , 1999 novel by Erik Larson
Bearer of the surname Isaac
- Alfred Isaac (1888–1956), German economist
- Armand Isaac-Bénédic (1875–1962), French curler
- Augie Isaac (* 2000), American actor
- Benjamin Isaac (* 1945), Israeli ancient historian
- Bobby Isaac (1932–1977), American racing driver
- Glynn Isaac (1937–1985), South African paleoanthropologist
- Godfrey Isaac († 2015), American lawyer
- Heinrich Isaac (Italian Arrigo Tedesco ; 1450–1517), Franco-Flemish composer and singer
- Ismaël Isaac (* 1966), Ivorian reggae singer
- James Isaac , maiden name of James Wolf (singer, 1870) (1870–1943), German singer, comedian and vaudeville artist
- James Isaac (Director) (1960–2012), American film director
- James Iwan Isaac , maiden name of James Iwan Wolf (1893–1981), German singer and variety entertainer
- Jeffrey Isaac (* 1956), American painter and video artist
- Jonathan Isaac (born 1997), American basketball player
- Jules Isaac (1877–1963), French historian
- Leandro Isaac (* 1953), East Timorese politician
- Oscar Isaac (* 1979), American actor
- Pedro Isaac Mullen (born 1985), Cuban wrestler
- Rhys Isaac (1937-2010), South African historian
- Robert M. Isaac (1928–2008), American politician (Colorado Springs)
- Vernon Isaac (1913–1999), American jazz musician and band leader
Bearer of the surname Isaac
- Aaron Isaak (1730–1816), German founder of the Stockholm Jewish community
- Chris Isaak (* 1956), American singer and actor
- Dawit Isaak (* 1964), Swedish journalist
- Dirk Isaak , Namibian traditional guide
- Felix Isaak (* 1989), German volleyball player
- Stephan Isaak (1542–1597), German Hebraist, theologian and physician
- Tassos Isaak (1972–1996), Cypriot protester, victim of the Cyprus conflict
- Zhenja Isaak (* 1985), German actor
literature
- Herbert Schmid: Article Isaak. In: New Bible Lexicon. Volume II. Zurich / Düsseldorf 1995, Sp. 237-240, ISBN 3-545-23075-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ WiBiLex.de : Isaak ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Herbert Schmid, Art. Isaak , in: Neues Bibellexikon, Volume II. Zurich, Düsseldorf 1995, Sp. 238
