{{Infobox given name | name = Yitzhak | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = <small>Modern Hebrew:</small> {{IPA|he|jit͡sˈχak|}}<br><small>Classical Hebrew:</small> {{IPA|he|jisˤˈħaːq|}} | gender = Male | meaning = 'laughing' | region = Ancient Israel | language = Hebrew | origin = | alternative spelling = Itzhak, Yitzhaq, Yitshak, Itshak, Yishaq, Jitzhak, Yitchak | nickname = | variant forms = Isaac, Ishak, Yitzchok | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = }}
'''Yitzhak''' ({{Audio|He-Yitzhak.ogg|pronunciation}} ({{Script/Hebrew|יִצְחָק}})) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to:
==People== *Yitzhak, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites *Yitzhak ha-Sangari, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism *Yitzhak Aharonovich (born 1950), Israeli politician *Yitzhak Apeloig (born 1944), Israeli computational chemistry professor and President of the Technion *Yitzhak Arad (1926–2021), Israeli historian *Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (1906–2006), Israeli politician *Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963), Israeli politician and President *Yitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), Israeli sculptor *Yitzhak Hatuel (born 1962), Israeli Olympic foil fencer *Yitzhak Hofi (1927–2014), Israeli general *Yitzhak Laor (born 1948), Israeli poet *Yitzhak Mastai (born 1966), Israeli professor of chemistry *Yitzhak Molcho (born 1945), Israeli lawyer *Yitzhak Mordechai (born 1944), Israeli general and politician *Yitzhak Navon (1921–2015), Israel politician and President *Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz (1953–2021), Israeli Olympic footballer *Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister *Yitzhak Sadeh (1890–1952), Israeli general *Yitzhak Schwartz, birth name of Irving Fields (1915–2016), American pianist and composer *Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012), Israeli politician and Prime Minister *Yitzhak Tshuva (born 1948), Israeli businessman *Yitzhak Y. Melamed (born 1968), Israeli-American philosophy professor *Yitzhak Yosef (born 1952), Israeli chief rabbi
==Fiction== * Yitzhak, fictional character in the musical and film ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch''
==See also== * Itzhak * Yitzhaki, people with this surname
{{given name}} Category:Hebrew masculine given names Category:Masculine given names