Bayu

given name · Latin script

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

Bayu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name. Recorded meaning: wind.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 836(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 24K
  • ETEthiopia≈1 in 3.6K

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.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈320,000 people, est.

Sources
227 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 836 (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

wind

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bayu 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 Bayu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#59≈320,000 est.≈1 in 836listedBayu227
ET Ethiopia—≈30,000 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Bayu5
MY Malaysia—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 24K—Bayu32
TW Taiwan—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 23K—Bayu8
PH Philippines—≈340 est.≈1 in 319K—Bayu9
SG Singapore#952≈200 est.≈1 in 30K—Bayu19
PL Poland—151 in 2.6M15—1

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: the id-github-names register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). 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)

Bayu is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Amharic given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

    Also written ባዩ, በዩ, Beyu, Baayu

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Paraguay, Malaysia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bayú, Bayù, Bȁẙu

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Malaysia

    Also written Bayü

44 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)

Bayu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Malay, wind (movement of air)

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

  • In pam, new (recently made or created)

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

  • In Cebuano, boyfriend; girlfriend; lover

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

  • In map-pro, to pound rice

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Bayu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202615#7,762
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—14#7,829
ID IndonesiaKPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • 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 Bayu mean, and where does it come from?
wind Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Bayu a male or female name?
Bayu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Bayu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 320 thousand people named Bayu in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bayu.
How common is the name Bayu?
In Poland, the national register counted 15 people named Bayu in 2026, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.
How common is Bayu compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Bayu is the 59th most common given name of 270,909 given names 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, “Bayu” — the 59th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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