Yitzchok: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “he will laugh”
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- YITS-khok · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
Yitzchok is a Yiddish-influenced Ashkenazi spelling of Hebrew Yitzhak, the biblical Isaac. The name refers to laughter in the Genesis account of Isaac's birth.
How popular is Yitzchok?
Babies named Yitzchok in 2024236
2024 rank#957 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 18805,181
Yitzchok is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Yitzchok
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Yitzchok questions
What does the name Yitzchok mean?
Yitzchok means "he will laugh". It comes from Hebrew. Yitzchok is a Yiddish-influenced Ashkenazi spelling of Hebrew Yitzhak, the biblical Isaac. The name refers to laughter in the Genesis account of Isaac's birth.
Is Yitzchok a boy or girl name?
Yitzchok is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Yitzchok?
236 US babies were named Yitzchok in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Yitzchok?
Yitzchok is usually pronounced YITS-khok.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.