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First name origin & meaning:

Hebrew: Laughter

First name variations: Ike, Zach, Isaak, Yitzchak, Isak, Itzak, Isac, Ishaq, Isiac, Izak, Issaic, Issiac, Isaack, Isaakios, Isacco, Isaac

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Indian (Kerala): derivative, alongside the more usual European form Isaac, of the Hebrew personal name yishāq ‘he laughs’. In Kerala this is used as a given name among Christians and in the U.S. it has come to be used as a last name among families from Kerala.
  2. French, English, Welsh, etc.: variant spelling of Isaac.