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issac Name Meaning and History

  1. Indian (Kerala): derivative, alongside the more usual European form Isaac, of the Hebrew personal name yishaq ‘he laughs’. In Kerala this is used as a given name among Christians and in the U.S. it has come to be used as a last name among families from Kerala.
  2. French, English, Welsh, etc.: variant spelling of Isaac.

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Distribution of issac Families in the US in 1920
Number of issac families
 19-35
 7-18
 1-6
 0
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