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I only see it as a masculine name. I like it, it's dashing and sweet. I also like Yana.

Yan sounds masculine to me. It’s a nice name but I prefer Ivan.
Yana is lovely for a girl.

The ''Yans'' I have known were usually short for ''Yannick''. So it feels more masculine to me.

Where I live, the pronunciation would be Yun but the spelling is Jan; the short form of Johan and Johannes. Used by Afrikaans-speakers, but everyone is familiar with it. So Yan would look silly, especially as Y has an ay sound in Afrikaans, as in day or may. I can't imagine it on a girl; not in this country anyway. If it happened, I'd assume it was a contracted form/nickname for Yolande.

I think Yan will become a very popular name. It is also top 5 for me for a male child. It looks so cool spelled in Cyrillic (two glyphs only). Also, as someone who finds the name Ivan too severe to be used, it is a perfect, more sensitive alternative. It’s also a very romantic-sentitive-feeling name on a man to me. So attractive! 10/10–A+

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Same for Yana!

This message was edited 2/25/2025, 9:54 AM

Yan sounds masculine to me. It seems incomplete, like it's a nickname.

Yan Can Cook ...

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There is/was a TV cooking show of that name, a guy named Martin Yan was the one who Can Cook.
It just sounds like Jan with a German or Dutch accent, hence it sounds like a man's name.

I love Yan! To me it is only boy name. Yana is girl version.
I prefer Ivan and I do not like how Yan looks in Enlgish, but I like it in Cyrillic. I pronounce it yahn.
It also reminds me of my search browser, Yandex.