Bayan
loc · Latin script
Meaning: parrot (kind of bird)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bajan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bayan is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kazakhstan than in any other country.
- KZKazakhstan≈1 in 879as Баян(inferred from the name graph)
- KGKyrgyzstan≈1 in 9.5Kas Баян
- JOJordan≈1 in 1.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bayan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kazakhstan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 163 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈22,000 named Баян, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jordan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Baian in SY Syria, SA Saudi Arabia, JO Jordan and Баян in KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
parrot (kind of bird)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bayan 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KZ Kazakhstan | #169 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 879 | 5.5K | Баян | 49 |
| SY Syria | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Baian | 33 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Baian | 106 |
| JO Jordan | — | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Baian | 59 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 969K | — | Bayan | 11 |
| US United States | — | 1,269 | 1 in 262K | 1.1K | Bayan | 163 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 9.5K | — | Баян | 11 |
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: Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Bayan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, parakeet
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Kurdish, A delicate, colorful wildflower that blooms on mountain slopes at the awakening of spring
as a wordkurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary
In English, A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mnc, romanization of ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hausa, behind, after
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Bayan Nuwayhid Hutb. 1937LBPalestinian politician, historian and journalist (born 1937)
- Bayan Northcottb. 1940GBBritish composer
- Bayan Alaguzovab. 1974KZKazakhstani singer, television presenter and businessperson
- Bayan Jumahb. 1994SYSyrian swimmer
- Bayan Laylab. 1996SYSyrian actress
- Bayan Amanb. 2005LCSaint Lucian footballer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 65 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #10,484 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 493 | #46,548 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 386 | #53,538 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 342 | #55,971 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 219 | #10,484 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 89 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 5 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- What does the name Bayan mean, and where does it come from?
- parrot (kind of bird) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Bayan?
- A machine transcription gives /bajan/ (IPA) for Malay.
- In which country does Bayan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 22 thousand people named Баян in Kazakhstan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Bayan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,269 people named Bayan in 2020, about 1 in 262 thousand residents.
- How common is Bayan compared with other names?
- In Kazakhstan, Bayan is the 169th most common given name of 274,628 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Bayan?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bayanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Bayan” — the 169th most common given name in Kazakhstan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.