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Isaac name meaning

“he will laugh, he will rejoice”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
I
Origin
Hebrew
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2010s: 5.8%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s5.8%

Meaning happinessHebrew origin

Isaac is a boy's name from Hebrew meaning 'he will laugh, he will rejoice'.

What does Isaac mean?

He will laugh, he will rejoice

In Malay: dia akan ketawa, dia akan bergembira

#Happiness

Sources (1)

About the name Isaac

Isaac comes from the Hebrew name Yitzhaq, from the verb 'tsahaq' (to laugh). In the Old Testament the name refers to the birth of the son of Abraham and Sarah, who laughed when told of it. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2010s with 774 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginHebrew
SyllablesI-saac

Isaac in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Boy: 774 · 5.8%
People registered with Isaac as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Isaac · behindthename.com · meaning

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