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Yep, it's Ethan. Izan has been used in the Basque Country but it's significantly less common there than it is down the whole Mediterranean coast, in Madrid, and pretty much compared to Spain as a whole (about 300 Basque Izans out of the 12000 in Spain). Euskaltzaindia doesn't list Izan as a Basque name, so that helps to solidify that while Izan has been used in the Basque Country, it isn't for the word 'izan' or Basque in origin. I do have to acknowledge that I know some people with Basque names that are not in the Euskaltzaindia database, so I can't guarantee anything. The fact that the median age of all Izans in Spain is 4.1 years old, I'm pretty convinced it's just Ethan with the spelling to get that pronunciation.