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Isaac - is it very popular?

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grizzabellia · 06/12/2013 05:35

My dh has fixated on this name for our baby if it is a boy. I do like it, and it was on our list last time, I just worry that it seems to be climbing the charts and was at number 30 last year (this happened with our daughter's name which suddenly went astronomical and while most we meet are younger than her and there are no others in her school I do find it irritating!) I am a bit worried that Isaac is on the up and may make top ten. Dh thinks this is irrelevant ('I don't care what other people call their babies'.) He has vetoed my other suggestions of Amos (too Jewish - we are not) and Nathaniel (he likes vowel names!)

Just wondering if people know lots of Isaacs (I don't actually know any but do hear it occasionally), if it is likely to date and become this generation's Stephen or Michael!

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Mattissy · 11/12/2013 19:48

It's a lovely name, I know two, 12 and 5. The 12 year old mum thought she was being really cool and different, lol

pinkpip100 · 11/12/2013 19:39

Oh, and my Aunt insists on spelling it Issaac, to cover all bases! That's probably the worst spelling we've had.

pinkpip100 · 11/12/2013 19:36

I have an 8 year old Isaac. There are 2 others in his school (1 older, 1 younger) and I know 3 others, plus recently met a baby Isaac! That said, it isn't hugely popular round here compared to some other names (e.g. Oliver, Harry, George, Jack). Yes, it would be nice if it was still as unusual now as when we first picked it, but I love it nonetheless.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 10/12/2013 13:11

I love Isaac, it was at the top of my list had DD been a boy.

However, I must admit that a certain MNer's nickname has made me think of the name a bit differently damn you IsaacCox Grin.

Still love it though. And I don't know any RL Isaacs.

ChairOfTheBored · 10/12/2013 09:29

I Love Isaac, it was on lmy list, but DH vetoed it. There aren't many where we live, but I love it.

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grizzabellia · 10/12/2013 08:03

Thanks - I also liked Idris, though with some reservations about having neither welsh or arabic(?) heritage, However it was dismissed as 'too weird' (along with Ezra). Given the propensity for everything to be dismissed as 'too weird' I think we are destined to end up with a popular name anyway!

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BeforeTheWorst · 09/12/2013 21:13

I have an Isaac, hate it when people spell it Issac, think it's the double aa that catches them out. He was in assembly at school recently and the visiting person taking assembly was talking about laughter and said there is a name that means laughter... Isaac knew what it was!

I love it, I never shorten it, really happy we picked it. It is much more popular nowadays as I know 3 under 2s locally and have heard of a few more.

I think it's a lovely name, my Isaac is a great character and is full of laughter!

CharlieAlphaKiloEcho · 09/12/2013 20:59

I know a couple Isaacs who are around 4/5 but I've not heard any younger ones for a while now.

I know an Idris too which I think is equally great :)

Theonlyoneiknow · 09/12/2013 20:55

Sorry, I didn't mean unique as such (as all our DC are!) but there would be no one else with that name.

Theonlyoneiknow · 09/12/2013 20:54

I don't know any at all.

One thing I have learned from these threads is that where in the UK you are has a big part to play in how a name is perceived. In some parts of the UK it seems like there are loads from the posts above, but he would stand out as being unique with that name where I am.

It's a great name.

DuchessFanny · 08/12/2013 09:11

I have a teen Isaac ( often spelled Issac, Isack or even Issack by family and friends ) no nn yet, but then he's the only one in his school. It really suits him and I'm so glad we chose it over the very popular 'Jack' all those years ago.
We are not Jewish but our other sons also have Hebrew names, the youngest of which has a VERY popular name. I'm over that though, as my DH has a popular name ( which wasn't so common as he was growing up )

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grizzabellia · 08/12/2013 09:02

Thanks for the replies - looks like on the whole although it is quite popular it is not approaching Harry/Oliver status (though you never can tell). I think we will end up going for this anyway as dh dead set on it (obviously I would not defer to his opinion if I didn't like it as well - the difference is that I will mull over lots of names whereas when he finds 'the name' he sees it as a completed task, which I think is a v male approach!) I like that it means 'laughter' as well.

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MERLYPUSS · 08/12/2013 08:34

My Isaac is nearly 6. He's the only one in his school. There are lots of options for nn, not only Zac. BIL calls him Izzy and sis, Ike.
When I took him to the doctors he said the name was very Jewish. Like I care...

BTW ISSac drives me nuts. But we've also had Izak, Izack and Isach....

MoFoe1 · 07/12/2013 16:36

*isaac

MoFoe1 · 07/12/2013 16:35

I only know one Issac and he's 5...the only one I've met ever...

HeadlessHeadmistress · 07/12/2013 15:27

It's not popular round here at all. I know one, he is 7.

Trapper · 07/12/2013 15:22

Dickinson for example?

meditrina · 07/12/2013 15:11

I don't know any.

And I doubt it'll reach the top of the lists as it is unworkable (and sometimes downright rude) with quite a lot of surnames.

MrsT2007 · 07/12/2013 14:54

Issac is misspelling. Loads of people do it & it gets on my wick!!

Haylebop12 · 06/12/2013 19:44

Don't worry honey even my nan and my mil spell it wrong!

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grizzabellia · 06/12/2013 18:02

Akachan - there were over 2000 Isaacs in 2012. I think Issac is just wrong though I am willing to be corrected!

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akachan · 06/12/2013 17:29

Ignore me! I reversed those numbers because I am an idiot. My friend's baby is an Issac though. I wonder if she's just got it wrong Confused

akachan · 06/12/2013 17:28

Issac is the more common spelling to be fair!

498 Issacs in 2012 vs 30 Isaacs.

Is it just a common misspelling?

HoneyandRum · 06/12/2013 17:09

Haylebop12 Blush

MrsT2007 · 06/12/2013 16:10

I have a five year old one, we know lots of them aged about 2 but mine is the oldest do maybe we were trendsetters.

And my Isaac is fab, it means 'he shall laugh' and he's such a happy, funny, sweet boy it really suits him.