Bayan Family History

Indian: Brahmin name from Hindi baanh ‘arm’ a reference to the manual crafts that were a traditional occupation that the Bayans engaged in.

Filipino: from Tagalog bayan ‘town nation’ a topographic name for someone living in a town or in the lowlands.

Iranian and Afghanistani: from the Persian personal name Bayān a shortened form of Babr-e Bayān (the first element babr means ‘tiger’ in Middle Persian while the second element is of uncertain non-Persian origin) the name of the combat suit of the legendary Iranian hero Rostam.

Both names Bayān and Babr-e Bayān are interpreted as ‘tiger’. Alternatively the surname may be from a homonymous personal name Bayān which is of Arabic origin based on the noun bayān meaning ‘exposition explanation’ and being used to refer to the Koran.