Issak

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he will laugh; variant of Isaac.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Issak by the numbers

Issak was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Isaac

Like Issak, each of these traces back to Isaac: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Yitzchokhe laughs; a form of Isaac172 in the US (2017)
  • Iveyarcher; diminutive form of Ivy or Isaac118 in the US (2017)
  • Izaakhe laughs; a variant spelling of Isaac11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ikehe will laugh; diminutive of Isaac51 in the US (2017)
  • Ishaaqhe will laugh; Arabic form of Isaac39 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Izakhe laughs; a form of Isaac9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yitzchakhe will laugh; Hebrew form of Isaac29 in the US (2017)
  • Izikhe will laugh; a form of Isaac21 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Issak. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Issache laughs; variant spelling of Isaac432 in the US (2017)
  • Isaakhe will laugh; a form of Isaac107 in the US (2017)
  • Issasalvation; a form of Isaiah59 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Isakhe laughs; Scandinavian form of Isaac21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Issamprotection; safeguard3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ishaka form of Isaac4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Issak

Names that are said the same way as Issak, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Isaache will laugh8,807 in the US (2017)
  • Isache will laugh; a variant spelling of Isaac39 in the US (2017)
  • Isaaqhe laughs; form of isaac14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Isaicgod is my salvation; form of isaiah9 in the US (2017)
  • Isaackhe laughs; variant spelling of Isaac6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Issak

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