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ISAAC
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: IE-zak (English) [key]
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From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitzchaq) which meant "he laughs". Isaac in the Old Testament was the son of Abraham and the father of Esau and Jacob. Famous bearers of this name include the physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton and the science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov. |
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