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I love the idea of honoring your heritage with the czech sp. good sib set also

I think Jakub is more commonly recognized as a alternate spelling than Izsak, which looks really odd to the untrained eye.

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In my opinion, people would just think you didnt like the traditional spelling, so you made one up. Maybe, you could use a traditional spelled name as a first name, and thenuse a diffrent, Czech spelled name as the middle name, or choose a name that doesnt look made up.

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Name nerds would recognise them as being variations from a differenbt country
I think other people might judge the names on the surnames an Izsak Smith or Jakub Brown might be shrugged off by some as trendy misspellings, where as Jakub Ctvrtlanik would instantly be accepted as an ethnic variation.
Hope that makes sence

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Paula

But Izsak isn't Czech, it's Hungarian, and pronounced like ee-ZHUK, I believe. (zh like in French jour).

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they do look VERY made up. i don't like them that way at all. BUT since it has meaning, i say do what you want.

I love Jakub--one of my best friends had a Czech boyfriend her senior year of high school (he was an exchange student) named Jakub, and they were so cute. :D His nn was Kuba, which I thought was very dashing. :) Jakub would be completely acceptable, provided you'll be using the proper pronunciation and not just saying JAY-kuhb. ;)

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Izsak is a bit harder on my horribly American eyes, but I think it would be fine as a middle name. As a first name, I suspect it could be a great deal of trouble--but there is some charm there. :D I'd love to see a little boy named, say, Damian Izsak, with older brother Jakub Lysander. That's a BA I'd love to read!

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Those are great! I think most people would get Izsak and Jakub. I don't think they look made up, they look Czech. I like that they are both from the Bible, father and son.

Sorry, but they do look trendy and made up. You could always use Czech mn's instead, so as not to cause confusion.