Izak?? Or something else?

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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).

Go for Izak if you love it OP - makes total sense given your family heritage! If people pronounce it wrong just say "it's pronounced like Isaac - this is the spelling from X country"

Your other names are really nice too

It's fine. Isaac will be pronounced Eye-zuk. Izak is Iz-ak.

Isaac = Eye-Zak
Izak = Is-Ack

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?

Me too. Haven’t said it out loud though.

I would assume it was pronounced the same way as the Isaac spelling.