Baran

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Turkish: rain

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/baɾan̪/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Baran is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 931
  • SKSlovakia1 in 2.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈55,000 people, est.

Sources
124 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 931 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

ram (male sheep)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

How Baran is read(measured from records)

Baran is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Turkish36%

    rain

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    1. Varan, ulaşan.2. Yüce, ulu.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

  • English15%

    Latin; form of Aldebaran, the star.

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • Hindi9.8%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Baran in Hindi.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Baran counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Baran is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#172≈55,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Baran116
PL Poland—41,1261 in 93121K——
US United States—6,6401 in 50K6.6KBaran124
TZ Tanzania—≈5,500 est.≈1 in 11K—Baran7
PH Philippines—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 31K—Baran8
SK Slovakia—2,1471 in 2.5K2.1K——
AT Austria—≈850 est.≈1 in 10K318——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Baran is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Slovak, Czech

    Also written Barań, Barán, Báráň, Bãŕâñ, Bàřàń

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Barán, Bārān, Barań, Băran, Bãran

  • English surname110 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Israel, Colombia, Philippines

    Languages: English, Spanish, Hebrew

    Also written Baron, בראון, ברון, Brown, Barón

  • Hindi surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written বারান, Băran, Barán

  • Ukrainian surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian

    Also written Баран, Барань, Барен, Baren, Бэран

  • Spanish surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Barán, Baràn, Barań, Barãn, Bâřâņ

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

    Also written Bãrãn, Bârân, Bàràn

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Baran is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Polish, ram (male sheep)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Portuguese, (Ibn)

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

  • In Romanian, , cf. rus. Gapau berbec". 1. Floarea (5chei I) ; Baranul t ; Baran lescu, E. ; -esti t. 2. Bareana s. 3. Baranca t.

    as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Paul A. Baran, b. 1909Ria Baran, b. 1922Paul Baran, b. 1926Roma Baran, b. 1940Primo Baran, b. 1943Alaksandar Milinkievič, b. 1947Phil Baran, b. 1977Renan Barão, b. 1988CJ Baran, b. 1990Robert Baran, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSayın Baran Bey,Dear Baran Bey, (English)
InformalMerhaba Baran,Hi Baran, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 83 sources across 41 countries.

Official registers attesting Baran
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202621K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—21K#42
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202620K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—20K#46
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020106.6K#5,253
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020006.2K#5,181
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020205.9K#5,690
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19952.1K—

Reference works 9

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Baran have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 55 thousand people named Baran in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baran.
Where is Baran most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Baran is densest in Poland — about 1 in 931 people — even though Türkiye holds more of our records for it.
Where does the name Baran come from?
ram (male sheep) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Baran?
A machine transcription gives /baɾan̪/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Baran mean?
In Turkish, rain
How common is the name Baran?
In Poland, the national register counted 41,126 people named Baran in 2026, about 1 in 931 residents.
How common is Baran compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Baran is the 172nd most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baran” — the 172nd most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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