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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.