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Isaac in Korean: 아이작

Isaac is written 아이작 in Korean and read “Aijak”. This is the spelling in the loanword usage list of the National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL), which sets Korea’s spelling standards. In US birth records for 2000–2025 it ranks No. 51.

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Where the spelling 아이작 comes from

NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 아이작 for Isaac.

People in the list with this given name:

  • 바레타, 티푸 아이작 음치믹 — Vareta, Tipu Isaac Mchimik

Look up 아이작 in the NIKL list (Korean)

Why it is spelled this way

  • Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
  • The official list spells Isaac as 아이작, although the general rule gives 아이적.

What Isaac means

“he laughs”

From Hebrew יצחק

Source: Wiktionary — Isaac · CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaac by the numbers

  • US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 51, 225,640 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
  • NIKL usage list — people with the given name 아이작: 1.

Korean names for Isaac

These are the converter’s results for Isaac as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).

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Closest in sound among real Korean names.

이아일Lee AilBoy’s name · 80% sound match아 雅 elegant, graceful, refined일 日 sun
박이찬Park IchanBoy’s name · 58% sound match
박이안Park IanBoy’s name · 52% sound match

No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.

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Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics