Bajan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Bayan in MY Malaysia, KW Kuwait, ID Indonesia and 2 more, Баян in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more, Baian in SY Syria, TR Türkiye, SA Saudi Arabia and Bayán in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Bajan is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname3.0K records spelled Bajan5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Guatemala, Spain, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Bãjan, Băjan, Baján

• Polish surname2.0K records spelled Bajan2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Also written Baján

• a separate surname1.7K records spelled Bajan5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Bājan, Băjan, Baján, Bajān

• Romanian surname290 records spelled Bajan4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Philippines, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Băjan, Bâjan, Baján

39 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●

Bajan is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, third-person plural present indicative of bajar

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

• In English, A Barbadian.

  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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jerzy Bajanb. 1901GBColonel of the Polish Air Force, fighter pilot (1901–1967)
• Mykola Bazhanb. 1904UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure (1904–1983)
• Konrad Bajanb. 1930PLPolish economist (1930-2016)
• Marek Bajanb. 1956PLPolish modern pentathlete
• Vladimír Bajanb. 1960SKpolitician
• René BajanFRFrench cyclist

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 147 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Bajan?

We estimate roughly 8.3 thousand people bear Bajan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Bajan have the most bearers?

Bajan is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled bayan.

How common is Bajan compared with other names?

In Kazakhstan, Bajan is the 204th most common given name of 322,768 given names recorded there.

What does the name Bajan mean?

Recorded meaning: beautiful, delightful, wonderful (in appearance, figuratively)