Izak
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Izak is an alternate spelling for Isaac
. Online sites, such as "Think Baby Names" state that:
Notable persons with the name include:
Isaac
Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible, was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah, and was the father of Jacob and Esau. Isaac was one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites...
. Online sites, such as "Think Baby Names" state that:
- Izak \i-zak\ as a boy's name is a variant of IsaacIsaacIsaac as described in the Hebrew Bible, was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah, and was the father of Jacob and Esau. Isaac was one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites...
(Hebrew), and the meaning of Izak is "laughter". The baby name Izak sounds like Izik, Izaak, Itzak and Isak. Other similar baby names are Izsak, Zak, Izaac, Isac, Isaak, Isa, Iziah, Isam and Izzy. Izak is not a popular first name for men but a somewhat popular surname or last name for both men and women (#83399 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census).
Notable persons with the name include:
Izak
- Izak AloniIzak AloniIzak Aloni was an Israeli chess master.-Biography:Aloni, born Schächter in Buchach, Galicia , was twice Lvov champion , and four-times Lvov sub-champion . He played twice in Polish championships. In 1935, he tied for 12-14th in Warsaw...
, Israeli chess master. - Izak BarnardIzak BarnardIzak Barnard is a well-known Southern African safari guide, photographer, writer, son of the notorious outlaw hunter Bvekenya, also related to the famous heart transplant surgeon Christiaan Barnard...
, South African safari guide. - Izak BuysIzak BuysIzak Daniel Buys - A right-handed batsman but a left-arm, fast-medium bowler, Izak Buys was born in Somerset East, Cape Colony, South Africa on February 4, 1895. However, the date of his death is unknown and therefore no obituary appeared within the covers of Wisden for him...
, South Africa cricketer. - Izak DavelIzak DavelIzak Davel is a South African actor, singer, dancer and male model. He matriculated at the Lady Grey Arts Academy in 2001 after which he proceeded to study dance at the Tshwane University of Technology and finished his studies in 2004.He is a prolific actor of theatre. He participated in many...
, South African actor. - Izak David du Plessis, South African Afrikaans writer.
- Izak Moerdijk, Dutch mathematician.
- Izak ReidIzak ReidIzak George Reid is an English footballer, currently playing for Morecambe. Reid has two brothers who also play football, Levi and Ishmale, both with Stafford Rangers. Reid came through the ranks at Macclesfield Town and became a regular member of the first team in the 2007–08 season...
, English sportsman. - Izak Rober, Turkish sportsman.
- Izak ŠantejIzak ŠantejIzak Šantej is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the Speedway Grand Prix series.Izak Šantej and his wife, Hermina, have three children, Žan, Miha and Sara.- Speedway Grand Prix results :...
, Slovenian motorcyclist. - Izak van der MerweIzak van der Merwe- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
, South African tennis player. - Izak Van HeerdenIzak Van HeerdenIzak Van Heerden was a South African rugby union coach, and player, remembered mainly for his successes with the Argentina national team and Natal, and his unconventional style.-Biography:Van Heerden was born in Durban in 1910....
, South African rugby coach.
Izaak
- Izaak WaltonIzaak WaltonIzaak Walton was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies which have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives.-Biography:...
, English writer. - Izaak Walton KillamIzaak Walton KillamIzaak Walton Killam was one of Canada's most eminent financiers.-Early life:Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Killam rose from paper boy in Yarmouth to become one of Canada's wealthiest individuals.-Business ventures:...
, Canadian financiar. - Izaak AppelIzaak Appel-Biography:In 1926, he took 12th. place in the Warsaw competition, which was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1929, he took 2nd place, behind Teodor Regedziński, in the Championship of Łódź. In 1930, he took 6th place in Zoppot , the event won by Paulin Frydman. In 1930–1934 and 1937, Appel won...
, Polish chess master. - Izaak H. ReijndersIzaak H. ReijndersIzaak Herman Reijnders was the man in charge of the Dutch military high command just prior to the beginning of World War II when he was replaced with retired general Henri Winkelman after an argument with the minister of Defense Adriaan Dijxhoorn.He was a son of Izaäk Herman Reijnders and Antje...
, Dutch military commander. - Izaak KolthoffIzaak KolthoffIzaak Maurits Kolthoff was a highly influential chemist, widely considered the Father of Analytical Chemistry. He was given this title based on his development of analytical chemistry as a modern science. His research dealt with analytical and physical chemistry...
, Dutch chemist. - Izaak Grunbaum, Israeli politician.
- Izaak GrynfeldIzaak GrynfeldIzaak Grynfeld is a Polish–Israeli chess master.In 1938, he tied for 3rd-4th in Kraków . After World War II, he played six-times in Polish championships...
, Israeli chess master. - Izaak TowbinIzaak TowbinIzaak Towbin was a Polish chess master and organizer.Born in Korets, Ukraine into a Jewish family, he entered a gymnasium in Kiev and then Kiev University...
, Polish chess master.
Izaac
- Izaac Johanes WanggaiIzaac Johanes WanggaiIzaac Johanes Wanggai or just Izaac Wanggai is an Indonesian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indonesian football club Persidafon Jayapura. He play with his brother in this club....
, Indonesian sportsman. - Izaac WilliamsIzaac WilliamsIzaac Williams is a New Zealand professional basketball player who currently plays for the Southland Sharks in the New Zealand National Basketball League. Williams grew up in Invercargill, Southland, and had a promising career in Squash before turning to basketball, trialing and earning himself a...
, New Zealand sportsman.
Isak
- Isak Dinesen, pen name of Karen BlixenKaren BlixenBaroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel...
, Danish author. - Isak N JiyeonIsak N JiyeonIsak N Jiyeon was a Korean female duo formed by SM Entertainment in 2002. The group has since been disbanded. Many think the disbandment was due to low album sales and lack of popularity, but that wasn't the case; the only problem with the duo was timing: Isak had to go back to her home in...
, Korean singers. - Isak Gustaf ClasonIsak Gustaf ClasonIsak Gustaf Clason was a Swedish architect.- Biography :Clason studied engineering and later architecture at the Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he was a student of A. T. Gellerstedt, and later at the architectural school of the Academy of Arts, at the time headed by Fredrik Wilhelm...
, Swedish architect. - Isak-BegIsak-BegIshak Bey or Isak-Beg was the second ruler of Bosansko Krajište from 1414 to 1439. According to some sources he was a member of Hranušić family, released slave and adopted son of Pasha Yiğit Bey...
, ruler near Ottoman Empire. - Isak SabaIsak SabaIsak Mikal Saba was a Sami teacher and politician. On October 11, 1906, he became the first Sami to be elected to the Stortinget, and he was the representative of Finnmark for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1907 to 1912.Isak Saba wrote the text to Sámi soga lávlla, which the Sami Conference made...
, Norwegian leader. - Isak MusliuIsak MusliuIsak Musliu was charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with a series of beatings and murders in a Kosovo Liberation Army prison camp in a family compound in Lapušnik to deal with Serbs and suspected Albanians opposed to the KLA between May and July 1998 during...
, Yugoslavian camp guard.
Itzhak
- Itzhak PerlmanItzhak PerlmanItzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.-Early life:...
, Israeli-American musician. - Itzhak Rabin, Israeli leader.
- Itzhak ShumItzhak ShumItzhak Shum is a retired Israeli football player and was lastly the manager of Cypriot First Division side Alki.-Playing career:He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Israel national football team and was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games.-Manager...
, Israeli sportsman. - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, Israeli president.
- Itzhak Katzenelson, Jewish intellectual.
- Itzhak Shamir, Israeli politician.
- Itzhak Fintzi, Bugarian actor.
- Itzhak SternItzhak SternItzhak Stern was a Jewish accountant to German industrialist Oskar Schindler. He worked alongside Schindler as the accountant for his enamelware company in Kraków and greatly helped in running the company...
, Holocaust survivor. - Itzhak BentovItzhak BentovItzhak Bentov was a Czech born scientist, inventor, mystic and author. He was an early exponent of what has come to be referred to as consciousness studies.-Life:Bentov was born in Czechoslovakia and moved to Israel....
, Czech intellectual. - Itzhak Sadeh, Israeli leader.
Itzik
- Itzik ZoharItzik ZoharItzik Zohar is a former Israeli international footballer and television sports personality. Born in Bat Yam, Israel to a family of North African extraction, he holds the distinction of scoring the first two goals for Israel in its first world cup qualifier in the UEFA confederation on October 28,...
, Israeli sportsman. - Itzik MangerItzik MangerItzik Manger was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and ‘master tailor’ of the written word...
, Yiddish intellectual. - Itzik FefferItzik FefferItzik Feffer , also Fefer was a Soviet Yiddish poet who fell victim to Joseph Stalin's purges.-Background:...
, Soviet intellectual. - Itzik KolItzik KolItzik Kol , was an Israeli television and film producer considered by many to be a pioneer and originator of Israeli cinema. He died following complications from pneumonia.-Biography:...
, Israeli TV producer. - Itzik KornfeinItzik KornfeinYitzhak "Itzik" Kornfein is a retired Israeli goalkeeper who played mostly for Beitar Jerusalem. He also played for Hapoel Tiberias, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Petah Tikva and Beitar Tel Aviv...
, Israeli sportsman.- Dalia ItzikDalia ItzikDalia Itzik , born 20 October 1952, is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and has since served as President of Israel in an...
, Israeli politician.
- Dalia Itzik
Other
- Isakas VistaneckisIsakas VistaneckisIsakas Vistaneckis , a Jewish chess master from Lithuania.-Biography:...
, Lithuanian chess master. - Isaka CernakIsaka CernakIsaka Aongor Cernak-Okanya , better known as Isaka Cernak, is an Australian football player who currently plays for as an attacking midfielder.-Early Life:...
, Australian sportsman.
See also
- Isaac (disambiguation)Isaac (disambiguation)Isaac is a given name derived from Judaism and can refer to:* Isaac, one of the patriarchs of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths* Isaac , including a list of people with the given name or surname of Isaac and its variants- Places :...
- IsaacsIsaacsIsaacs may refer to:People with the surname Isaacs:*Isaacs In places:* Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia* Division of Isaacs, a federal electoral division in Victoria, Australia-See also:...
(disambiguation) - Ishak (disambiguation)
- ZackZackZack, Zach, Zac or Zak , may refer to:-Given name:Fictional characters known simply by this name* Zack ...
(disambiguation) - IzzyIzzyIzzy is a common nickname for the given names Israel, Elizabeth, Isaac, Isambard, Isidore, Ismail, Izebel, Izmara, Isobella, or Isobel.It may also refer to:* Izzy , the 1996 Summer Olympics mascot* Izzy Alcántara, a Baseball player...
(disambiguation)