Worldwide, Banayan (Banayan 
) is a very rare predominantly feminine, but scarcely masculine given name. The given name Banayan is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Philippines, where it is a very rare predominantly female, but very infrequently male name. More frequently, Banayan is the last name as well as the forename.
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