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Izaak - opinions?

40 replies

Scratcher0 · 30/09/2016 13:33

Opinions on Izaak? Smile

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 30/09/2016 19:13

Very nice OP.

MotherDuckSaid · 30/09/2016 20:10

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 :)

MotherDuckSaid · 30/09/2016 20:13

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

SerenDippitee · 30/09/2016 20:38

Issac Much nicer spelling IMO

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GoMeGoYou · 30/09/2016 20:54

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.

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 30/09/2016 20:58

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

CrowyMcCrowFace · 30/09/2016 21:09

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...

badtime · 30/09/2016 21:09

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 · 30/09/2016 21:11

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

OliviaBensonOnAGoodDay · 30/09/2016 21:12

Ahoj Smile

Love it.

RainbowDashstolemyidentity · 30/09/2016 21:14

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.

IWillOnlyEatBeans · 30/09/2016 21:37

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

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

0pti0na1 · 01/10/2016 01:20

I like it Smile

DoveLot · 01/10/2016 01:31

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

NuffSaidSam · 01/10/2016 01:35

I like Isaac/Izaak.

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

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