Is the name Issac generally a white person or black persons name?

Question

Is the name Issac generally a white person or black persons name?

Answer 1

I don't think anyone could, out of hand, identify "Isaac" as Jewish or Gentile, White or Black.   It is a good old strong name.

Answer 2

Isaac is a really old name, from the Old Testament of the Bible.

Anyone can have the name Isaac.

Answer 3

Isaac is an old Hebrew name.  In past centuries people gave names to their children from the Bible.  Black people did also. Some black people spell it Issac.

I believe Black people continued using names like Isaac etc much longer than White people. . It is not a specific black name or white name.

Also they gave their children patriotic names and black people continued it much longer than white people.  I had a great grandfather who was named Jefferson Franklin Lewis(born July 4, 1837).  This wasn't uncommon back in the 19th century.  I also had a great great grandfather named Isaac Francis Jackson. I had another great great grandfather named Ezekiel Overton. When you look at the 1790 census of North Carolina in the eastern counties there are about 50 heads of households named Overton and a lot had names like Asa, Malachi, Moses, , Lemuel, Elijah,Lazarus,Eli.  Blacks continued this sort of thing much longer than whites like naming their children for  George Washington.

Answer 4

It's a Hebrew name.

Answer 5

Like Shirley and Wendy C have already said it is a biblical name, its a name that has featured in my paternal line quite a lot. I found this for you,

Isaac

Biblical name, borne by the son of Abraham, who was about to be sacrificed by his father according to a command of God which was changed at the last moment. A ram, caught in a nearby thicket, was sacrificed instead (Genesis 22: 1-13). Isaac lived on to marry Rebecca and become the father of Esau and Jacob. The derivation of the name is not certain; it has traditionally been connected with the Hebrew verb meaning “to laugh”. In the Middle Ages it seems to have been borne only by Jews, but it was taken up by the Puritans in the 17th century and has continued in use since then among Christians in the English-speaking world, although it is still more common among Jews. Cognates: Hebrew: Yitzhak. Yiddish: Aizik. German: Izaak. Swedish: Isak.

Pet form: English (esp. U.S.): Ike.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Both xx Hannah xx Amy's sister

Answer 7

both

Answer 8

Biblical.

No first or last name is ever exclusive to one race or nationality, not even generally.