Baiano

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Baiano is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.

• Portuguese97%

  Bahian (related to Bahia, a Brazilian state)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English23%

  A comune in Avellino province, Campania, Italy.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish13%

  Bahian

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Baiano is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Bâïânö

36 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.

Baiano 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 Italian, oriundo de Baia ou Baiano, de fundus Badianus/Baianus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Frequente in Campania, é formato dal toponimo Baiano (AV) 0, in alcuni casi, dall’etnico di Baia (NA).

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In Latin, dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of baiānus

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Enrico Baianob. 1960ITItalian musician
• Gil Baianob. 1966BRBrazilian footballer
• Edinho Baianob. 1967BRBrazilian association football player
• Francesco Baianob. 1968ITItalian footballer
• Júnior Baianob. 1970BRBrazilian footballer
• Antonietta Baianob. 1972ITItalian biotechnologist (born 1972)
• Fábio Baianob. 1975BRBrazilian footballer
• Fernando Baianob. 1979BRBrazilian footballer
• Neto Baianob. 1982BRBrazilian association football player
• Fabrício Baianob. 1992BRBrazilian 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).

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

Where does the name Baiano come from?

A comune in Avellino province, Campania, Italy. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What does the name Baiano mean?

In Portuguese, Bahian (related to Bahia, a Brazilian state)

In which country does Baiano have the most bearers?

Baiano is most frequently recorded in Brazil, where it is most often spelled baiano.