Izaak - opinions?

[Scratcher0]

Opinions on Izaak?

[NuffSaidSam]

I like Isaac/Izaak.

I'd go with the spelling that is most commonplace in the country you plan to raise him in.

[DoveLot]

Mother... Issac is actually a unique spelling the one you put!

[0pti0na1]

I like it

[IWillOnlyEatBeans]

I have an Isaac. His name gets spelled incorrectly quite a bit (Issac usually).

It's a great name - go for it :)

[RainbowDashstolemyidentity]

I have an Izaac he does get it spelled wrong, lots of double z's,loads of a's,s instead of z, doesn't bother him in the least.

[OliviaBensonOnAGoodDay]

Ahoj

Love it.

[CrowyMcCrowFace]

Gah, Czech ancestry not spelling. Phone is a dick.

[badtime]

My first thought was Izaak Walton, my second was 'I wonder how many people will say appalling, ignorant things about it because they think it is a yooneek spelling?'

I like it.

[CrowyMcCrowFace]

I like it, especially as a nod to his Czech spelling.

You will have to correct/confirm it endlessly. All my children have perfectly ordinary names but ds uses one of the less obvious diminutive forms of his as a nickname, dd1 has a name that can be pronounced in two different ways & dd2 has (like izaac) a slightly different, European spelling to reflect a grandparent's name.

It's all fine & I don't mind at all that people get them wrong, but I do feel a bit awkward having to constantly say 'actually it's shortened/pronounced/spelt like this'.

Not saying that should put you off, but you are signing up to years of it...

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

Yay, Compleat Angler!
I like the fact that everyone will assume it is foreign when actually it is old fashioned English. Deffo cool.

[GoMeGoYou]

Izaac is fab. I'd do Isaac if I were English but if I were Czech I'd definitely use Izaac.

I have a foreign name and it often gets spelt incorrectly. I hasn't ever bothered me. If your son occasionally gets a card addressed to Isaac instead of Izaac I don't think it matters a jot.

[SerenDippitee]

Issac Much nicer spelling IMO

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[MotherDuckSaid]

ah apologies , i hadnt read the entire thread and spotted the heritage post ! :)

[MotherDuckSaid]

Issac Much nicer spelling IMO
There's a Zaakk in my child's class and the mum moans he gets a million different spellings of his name on birthday cards etc
Personally i think it looks 'better' on job applications and things to have the 'proper' spelling :)

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Very nice OP.

[MrsGsnow18]

I like it!

[Ohdofuckoffplease]

Lovely!

[HoratioNightboy]

at Eye-sack!

It's just that the letter 'I' is pronounced "ee" in most languages other than English, so as Izaak is Czech I assumed EEzak. Would love the OP to confirm though.

[n0ne]

Yup, if you're Czech, absolutely go for it.

[Pipilangstrumpf]

I'd say Eye-zak for Izaak. But I wouldn't pronounce Isaac as Eye-sack..!

[HoratioNightboy]

Is it pronounced the same as English Isaac, i.e. EYE-zak, or is it different? I'm reading it as EE-zak.

[Hullabaloo31]

Go for it!

I have an Isaac and people spell that wrong all the time anyway - Issac usually!

[TempsPerdu]

Actually I think Izaak is a legitimate (if unusual) English spelling too - the writer Izaak Walton was born in 1594! Anyway, Isaac/Izaak is a perfectly nice name - obviously it depends where you live, but here in London most people wouldn't bat an eyelid at an alternative/ethnic spelling.

[CocktailQueen]

Oh, that's different ! Yes, then :)

[Pipilangstrumpf]

Yes, lovely association with your heritage. Also, isn't it pronounced Izaak in English (rather than Isaac)?