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Isaac m. Hebrew יִצְחָק '[he] will laugh'.

The name of a Biblical patriarch. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Isaac. Sagradas Escrituras (1569): Isaac.

Belgium
Latin
● 1066 Isaac (gen) CartSPL1 II
Middle Dutch
● 1486 Isaac (nom) MPSA p. 53; 1489 Isaac (nom) ibid. p. 54
Dutch
● 1500 Isaac MPSA p. 58; 1502 Isaac ibid. p. 58; 1507 Isaac ibid. p. 51 [sic]; 1519 Isaac ibid. p. 56 [sic]
England
Latin
● 1222 Ysaac (nom) StPaulDom p. 101; 1279–80 Isak (nom) WaHR-SK p. 36
Dutch
● 1572 Isaac AuFr Bontenaken, Isaack ibid. Bogarts; 1573 Isaac ibid. Lamberts; 1574 Isaack ibid. Costere, Isack ibid. Dierecksen; 1575 Isaac ibid. Kunicx; 1576 Isaac ibid. Assendelft, Isaack ibid. Clerx; 1577 Isaac ibid. Ro, Isaack ibid. Seghers; 1579 Isaac ibid. Engelgrave; 1580 Isaac ibid. Luls; 1581 Isaac ibid. Gast; 1582 Isaac ibid. Quinckens; 1583 Isaac ibid. Engelgrave; 1584 Isaac ibid. Brauwers; 1585 Isaac ibid. Vos; 1586 Isaac ibid. Wijnghe, Isaak ibid. Gouch; 1587 Isaac ibid. Brugge, Isaak ibid. Bogaerts; 1589 Isaac ibid. Ruijster; 1590 Isaac ibid. Keij, Isaack ibid. Cleijmans; 1591 Isaac ibid. Beun; 1592 Isaac ibid. Buen, Isaack ibid. p. 84; 1593 Isaac ibid. Alaerts; 1594 Isaac ibid. Godschalck, Isaack ibid. Baert; 1595 Isaac ibid. Hulster, Isaack ibid. Stalpart; 1596 Isaac ibid. Connick; 1597 Isaac ibid. Freschner; 1598 Isaac ibid. Reijnisch; 1599 Isaac ibid. Clerck
Early Modern English
● 1583/4 Isacke SurMus p. 62; 1584 Isacke bruton1 p. 115; 1586 Isack RegSoAMar p. 12; 1589/90 Isaake HWCP2 p. 5
Middle French
● 1568 Isaac WCS p. 39; 1573 Isacq ibid. p. 41; 1575 Isac ibid. p. 42; 1579 Isaac ibid. p. 44; 1580 Isaac ibid. p. 15, Isac ibid. p. 45; 1581 Isaac ibid. p. 16; 1582 Isaac ibid. p. 45, isac ibid. p. 46; 1583 isaac ibid. p. 46; 1584 Isaac ibid. p. 18; 1585 Isaac ibid. p. 46; 1586 Isaac ibid. p. 47; 1587 Isaac ibid. p. 21; 1588 Isaac ibid. p. 47; 1589 Isaac ibid. p. 22; 1590 Isaac ibid. p. 49; 1591 Isaac ibid. p. 49; 1592 Isaac ibid. p. 49; 1593 Isaac ibid. p. 25; 1594 Isaac ibid. p. 51; 1595 Isaac ibid. p. 25; 1596 Isaac ibid. p. 26, Isäac ibid. p. 26; 1597 Isaac ibid. p. 52; 1598 Isaac ibid. p. 52; 1599 Isaac ibid. p. 53
Walloon
● 1581/2 Isaac RWC p. 4; 1582 Isaac ibid. p. 4; 1582/3 Isaac ibid. p. 5; 1583/4 Isaac ibid. p. 437; 1583 Isaac ibid. p. 6; 1584 Isaac ibid. p. 437; 1590 Isaac ibid. p. 14; 1591 Isaac ibid. p. 16; 1591/2 Isaac ibid. p. 563; 1591 Isac ibid. p. 18; 1592 Isaac ibid. p. 24; 1592/3 Isaac ibid. p. 25; 1593 Isaac ibid. p. 26; 1593/4 Isaac ibid. p. 31; 1594 Isaac ibid. p. 32; 1595 Isaac ibid. p. 37; 1596 Isaac ibid. p. 42; 1597 Isaac ibid. p. 45; 1598 Isaac ibid. p. 49; 1599 Isaac ibid. p. 54
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1582 Isack (nom) Audén1980 p. 171
France
Latin
● 1378 Ysaco (dat) hanquetvol1 1169
Middle French
● 1562 Isaac RegPCC-1 p. 14; 1563 Isaac ibid. p. 24; 1564 Isaac ibid. p. 55, Ysaac ibid. p. 90; 1565 Isaac ibid. p. 189, Ysaac ibid. p. 163; 1566 Isaac ibid. p. 215, Ysaac ibid. p. 218; 1567 Isaac ibid. p. 292, Ysaac ibid. p. 328; 1568 Isaac ibid. p. 373, Ysaac ibid. p. 374; 1570 Isaac ibid. p. 426; 1571 Isaac ibid. p. 482; 1572 Esaac ibid. p. 514, Isaac ibid. p. 517
Germany
Latin
● 891 Ysaac (nom) UrkStyria 10
Hungary
Latin
● 1323 Isaak Slíz p. 173, s.n. Isaak; 1330 Isaak ibid. p. 173, s.n. Isaak; 1331 Isak ibid. p. 173, s.n. Isaak; 1332x1337 Ysaak (nom) ibid. p. 173, s.n. Isaak; 1341 Isaak ibid. p. 173, s.n. Isaak
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Isaac (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 17
Italy
Latin
● 1237 Ysaki (gen) TirNot1 584; 1527 Jsach (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
◑ 1285 Ysacutii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154
Scotland
Latin
● 1238 Ysaaco (abl) CartLevenax p. 13
Sweden
Old Swedish
● 1419 Ysaak (nom) SDHK no. 19242, Ysak (gen) ibid. no. 19242
Switzerland
Latin
● 1188 Ysaac (nom) CartHaut 28
Cite as: R. Le Get, M. Slíz, S.L. Uckelman. "Isaac". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Isaac.