Izaak

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⭐ Famous Izaak

Izaak Walton

English author and biographer (1593-1683)

Choose Izaak and your child shares a first name with Izaak Walton, an English author and biographer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Izaak, like who?” Izaak Walton's Wikipedia article is available in 30 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 41,667 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Izaak, 41 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Izaak would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryIzaak first shows up in US birth records in 1972, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 53 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2011, when it reached #1,250.
• 🍂TrendIzaak has slipped 852 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,991. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedIzaak is most popular in Connecticut, where it ranks #498. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.
• 💬MeaningIzaak is a Czech form of Isaac, which means “he will laugh”. Our records link it to Czech, German and Hebrew roots.
• 🌍OriginIzaak is the #5 most popular Czech boy name in the US. That's out of 19 Czech boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Izaak

Izaak is a boy name of Czech, German and Hebrew origin meaning “he will laugh”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with I and ending in “-aak”. US birth records list Izaak for boys from 1972 to 2025, in 54 of those 54 years. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked #1,250 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,991, with 41 babies.

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