Isaac

[Alisvolatpropiis]

How do you pronounce it?

I thought there was only the one way. The best I can write is eyes-uk. I've not known anyone say it any differently but a recently name baby has made me wonder.

A colleague (not the mum) says eye-ZAK.

Which to me is a bit like Dorian, usually pronounced door-ee-un being pronounced dorry-an.

Not utterly wrong but not exactly right either.

I have heard both ways but I personally pronounce it the same way as you

I pronounce the same way as you (I'm English) but my Australian husband and his family pronounce it the latter way

I could why Australians would say it the latter way.

My colleague is from Wales, as am I. If she was from a different country I would "get" the pronounciation more iyswim?

*could see.

Eye-zic here.

That sounds more like how I say it Polite. It's the heavy emphasis my colleague puts on "zak" which throws me

Alis, is your colleague a native English speaker?

Isaac is an old biblical name and therefore present in most languages. Each country has its own way of pronuncing it. In Spanish, for instance, it's ee-sah-ahk (with the emphasis most definitely on the AHK)

I'd say Eye Zik or Eye Zak, I've never heard it pronounced the way you say it OP. I'm Scottish if that makes a difference.

my ds is Isaac and we pronounce it eye-zuk. My friend pronounces it Eye-zak and it always makes me want to correct her

She is sticky.

I've probably not written how I pronounce it well. But basically I've not heard the ACK ending before she said it.

I've always known Isaac to be a kind of "flowing" name where each syllable has equal emphasis. Like Angharad.

Knew an Isaac at school who was eyes-zuk or eyes for short.

Eye zac or eye zuc