Isak

• Turkish:/isak/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Swedish:/iːsak/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Indonesian:/ˈisak/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Isak is one spelling over 6 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Turkish21%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Isak in Turkish.

• Hindi16%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Isak in Hindi.

• Norwegian14%

  Isaac (biblical character).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English9.2%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Isak in English.

• Swedish8.8%

  Isak (m.fl. former) är ett bibliskt namn, hebreiskt Jitschā ́ q, bildat till ett ord för ’skratta, le’ och kan betyda ’han (troligen Gud) ler’. Ishak är en arabisk form. Namnet har varit ett av de mest populära under de senaste årtiondena. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 19 december, efter patriarken Isak i Gamla testamentet, son till Abraham och Sara.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Indonesian6.9%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Isak in Indonesian.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Isak, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Nils
• Oskar
• Erik
• Lars
• Jesper

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Isak is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, South Africa, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Indonesian, Swahili

  Also written Issac, ისაკ, Ísak, Ïsâk, ̶i̶s̶a̶k̶

• Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ísak, Isák, ̶i̶s̶a̶k̶

• Turkish given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India, Sweden, United States

  Also written Işak

• a separate name8 spellings in the group

  Also written Īsāk, Işak, Ísak, Isaḳ, Ìsak

• Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, Finland, United States, India

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ísak

• Russian given name26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Kyrgyzstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian

  Also written Исаково, Isakovo, Isaq, Işak, Ísak

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Sweden, South Africa, United States

  Also written Ísak, Isâk

• Albanian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Kosovo, United Kingdom, Italy

  Also written Ísak

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Isak is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Isaac

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Russian, var of Isaak.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In adl, bow (weapon)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Itzhak Perlmanb. 1945ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)
• Isaac Herzogb. 1960ILnot in their usual namePresident of Israel since 2021
• Lee Isaac Chungb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican filmmaker (born 1978)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

85 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 39 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Isak mean, and where does it come from?

Isaac (biblical character). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Is Isak a male or female name?

Isak is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Norway (SSB), Finland (DVV), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Kosovo (ASK Kosovo), among others.

What are other forms of the name Isak?

In the etymology graph, Isaac, Issac and Ike are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Isak?

It depends on the language: in Turkish /isak/; in Swedish /iːsak/; in Indonesian /ˈisak/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people named Isak?

In Sweden, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Isak, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled isak. After it come India, South Africa, Norway and Türkiye; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Isak most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Isak is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 502 people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Isak?

In Sweden, the national register counted 18,183 people named Isak, about 1 in 561 residents.

How common is Isak compared with other names?

In Sweden, Isak is the 215th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.