Regarding Xan or Xani being intuitive or sticking:
My SO's daughter was named
Alexandria. Close enough to
Alexandra. She's not the daughter I've mentioned several times whose name is Kenyatta but she's called
Keisha.
Alexandria was his older daughter and I questioned, with good reason, whether or not she was his daughter at all. Long story lol. Now I guess we'll never know as she died tragically young a few years ago. I bring this up in case anyone thinks there's a discrepancy from what I've previously said about his younger daughter.
ANYWAY, she was always called
Zan, pronounced the same as Xan. I think it's perfectly intuitive and she's proof it sticks.