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According to this list of Russian given names that start with I-, Izot comes from Zotik (Зотик):

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- http://kurufin.ru/html/Rus_names/rus_i.html (in Russian)

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Zotik is the Russian form of the ancient Greek given name Zotikos:

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- http://kurufin.ru/html/Translate/Zotik.html (in Russian)

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Also compare Izosim (Изосим), which is a variant of Zosim (Зосим), the Russian form of Zosimos:

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- http://kurufin.ru/html/Translate/Zosim.html (in Russian)

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However, it is interesting to note that there are also authentic Slavic given names that start with Izo-, such as Izobolk (also found written as Izebolk) and Izoslav:

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- http://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/h-j.html (in English)

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The Izo- in those names is probably derived from Old Russian изяти (izyati) meaning "to take".

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If you want to know how common the name Izot is in this day and age, you could do a search on social media websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and VKontakte (ВКонтакте). If you end up finding few to no bearers, then the name is most likely archaic.

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