Izak?? Or something else?

[mileender]

Baby boy imminently arriving and Izak is our current top choice. I had a quick search on here though and general opinion seems to be it's "chavvy" which has put me off a bit! Am I making a big mistake?? Any other suggestions of similar names very welcome (other names we liked are Luka, Niko, Emil and Rafael).

Is that a variant of Isaac? Not sure why it's chavvy, but then, chavviness seems to be very much in the eye of the Mumsnet beholder.

I like Rafael of your other choices.

Isaac is a nice name. Izak looks as though you’re trying to be yooneeek

why not Isaac? or are you of polish etc. heritage so the spelling would be correct?

It’s a good name but the spelling is bad. Go for Isaac.

I love Emil.

Personally I'd say the spelling makes it seem chavvy. Spell it Isaac instead.

I like Rafael and Emil too.

It's an established version of Isaac.

I Googled it and brought up a load of Polish site links.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izak

It’s the spelling that is a bit chav unless it’s a cultural nod of yohve Polish roots etc.
I also like Rafael.

Izaak Walton the author had Zs, albeit 2 of them. it’s not really a “try too hard” spelling. I prefer Emil though.

I think the spelling is seen as “ Chevy” rather than the name.

I love Isaac,not sure about it Izak! Noah,Jude are another 2 favourites

I realise that this won't apply if the spelling has cultural links for you/your family, but It looks like Izal to me.

Thanks! DH is from eastern Europe, not Poland but somewhere else where they use the 'Izak' spelling. Also, DS will have an eastern European surname if that makes a difference?
Have thought about Isaac but we spend a lot of time in DH's country (and DS might end up in school there at some point) and people would pronounce the 'c' as 'ts'.

Isaac. If you call him Izak it will be pronounced is-ack.

Oh given your latest update it makes more sense.

Call him Izak. So parochial and ignorant of people on here to call a name ‘chavvy’ because it has a non-English spelling

I like the name, there are 2 Isaacs at DS nursery, completely understand with the Eastern European surname - hence my ask, the Issac spelling would seem odd in that case.

I like it, but I 💓 Rafael.

Perfectly valid reason for an unusual spelling.
Is it pronounces just like Isaac? I think it's a lovely name.

It makes me think of Izal toilet paper

Just stick with Isaac.

Izak looks as though you’re trying to be yooneeek

I always wonder if people realise how provincial and vaguely racist they sound when they say this kind of thing about perfectly normal names from other countries/cultures?

Yes, we'd pronounce it like Isaac. It's very uncommon where DH is from and there people either pronounce it like "Isaac" or as "EE-Zak", depending on which region they are from..
I don't like the EE-Zak pronunciation as much though, which is the other reason I've been hesitating on the name!

We thought about Izak for our son Isaac. The only reason i didnt use it was the harsh middle sound of the Za with my accent. I think its a great variation of Isaac and given DH id say use it. :)

I love it.

Isaac is my favourite boys name (waiting for OH to ok it) due to its meaning.

Yes, I like it OP. The spelling isn’t likely to cause issues with pronunciation.

There are quite a lot of Isaacs though, so I don’t know whether the popularity will put you off?