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in reply to a message by overtheclouds
I entered this name into my own database some years ago as a Basque name with a meaning of "to be", because izan happens to mean exactly that in Basque:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/izan
Checking again today, I could find nothing to support this connection, however - this looks more like a coincidence and not like a solid etymology of this name...
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/izan
Checking again today, I could find nothing to support this connection, however - this looks more like a coincidence and not like a solid etymology of this name...
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Thanks for replying.
I'm not sure if there's much evidence for the Basque hypothesis.
http://www.ine.es/tnombres/formGeneralresult.do?L=0&vista=3&orig=ine&cmb4=99&cmb10=0000&cmb6=izan&cmb7=1&x=2&y=14
The name seems to be most common in the eastern areas of Spain, not in the Basque country.
Izan doesn't appear on the Euskaltzaindia (Basque Language Academy) website, which I have found to be the most reliable source for Basque names. However, there is a similar name Izani listed, but it seems to be a medieval name that is no longer in use.
I still suspect it might be respelling of Ethan.
I'm not sure if there's much evidence for the Basque hypothesis.
http://www.ine.es/tnombres/formGeneralresult.do?L=0&vista=3&orig=ine&cmb4=99&cmb10=0000&cmb6=izan&cmb7=1&x=2&y=14
The name seems to be most common in the eastern areas of Spain, not in the Basque country.
Izan doesn't appear on the Euskaltzaindia (Basque Language Academy) website, which I have found to be the most reliable source for Basque names. However, there is a similar name Izani listed, but it seems to be a medieval name that is no longer in use.
I still suspect it might be respelling of Ethan.
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