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Many non-English-derived names (predominantly but not exclusively those from Asian cultures--Hebrew comes to mind) transliterate in different ways into English.
by eropple 9y ago
Many non-English-derived names (predominantly but not exclusively those from Asian cultures--Hebrew comes to mind) transliterate in different ways into English. If he'd had different translators at some point in his life, there may be documents with different variants. Ditto "Isaac", which is close-enough in terms of pronunciation that he may have adopted it later.
Or, in other words: there are two names there.
- loeg 9y agoTaking an "American" first name (one that sounds vaguely phonetically similar to the actual first name or not) is a common practice.
- eropple 9y agoI get that; what I was trying to say is that it's "different enough" that most people would call it a pseudonym rather than a transliteration. Hence, two names.