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The boy's name Isaac \i-sa

is pronounced EYE-zik. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "laughter". Biblical: the only son of Abraham by his wife Sarah. Violinist Itzhak (ITS-hahk) Perlman; scientish Isaac Newton; angler Izaak Walton; authors Isaac Bashevis Singer, Isaac Asimov; football player Isaac Bruce; singer Isaac Hanson.

Isaac has 19 variant forms: Ike, Ikey, Ikie, Isa, Isaak, Isac, Isacco, Isak, Issac, Itzak, Itzhak, Izaac, Izaak, Izak, Izik, Izsak, Yitzhak, Zack and Zak.

A baby name that sounds like Isaac is Osage.

Isaac is a very common first name for men (#277 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#1941 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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