Zaks is a surname. Among Jews, it can be a variant of the German surname, Sachs, the patronymic variant of the Hebrew biblical male personal name Yitzchak/Isaac or it can originate in the acronym surname Za'Ks, which stands for the Hebrew words, Zera Kodesh Shemo, literally meaning "his name is Holy Seed," a quotation from Isaiah 6:13 and implying "his name descends from martyrs." This acronym can also refer to the town of martyrdom, such as Speyer or Stendal, indicating a holy martyr from such a town.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Amram Zaks (1926–2012), Israeli Rosh yeshiva
• Hillel Zaks (-2015), Israeli Rosh yeshiva
• Jerry Zaks (born 1946), German actor
• Mendel Zaks (1898–1974), American rabbi
• Rodnay Zaks (born 1946), American author
• Shmuel Zaks (born 1949), Israeli scientist

• Gordon Zacks
• Sachs
• Sacks (surname)
• Saks (disambiguation)
• Sax (disambiguation)
• Saxe (disambiguation)
• Zaks (disambiguation)
• Zax (disambiguation)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Zaks.
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