Bayan may have the following meanings coming from various cultures
- Bayan, means dawn in Kurdish language.
- Bayan, the larger drum of the tabla set.
- an Arabic female name meaning "clearness, eloquence."
- Bayan, the Turkish word for "lady"
- two Mongol generals of the Yuan Dynasty:
- Bayan of the Baarin and
- Bayan of the Merkid
- Buyan (khan), aka Bayan, the Khan of the Blue Horde
- Al Bayan, a newspaper in the Arab Emirates
- Al Bayan, an Iraqi newspaper affiliated to the Islamic Dawa Party
- The Bayán, meaning exposition, was a set of two books written by the Báb
- Persian Bayán
- Arabic Bayán
- Bayan, Dashkasan, Azerbaijan
- Bayan, Oghuz, Azerbaijan
- Bayan area an area within the Hawalli governorate of Kuwait
- Bayan or Piyan, an old name for Khorramshahr, Afghanistan
- Bayan (accordion), Russian accordion
- Boyan (bard), mythical Slavic bard
- Bayan I, Avar khagan
- Bayan II, Avar khagan
- Bayan (son of Kubrat), son of Kubrat Khan
- Bayan County, in Harbin city, Heilongjiang Province, China
- BAYAN, a political coalition in the Philippines
- Beyan & Nahro, a love coalition in Norway
- Bayan Muna, a leftist political party in the Philippines
- Bayan Telecommunications, a major telecommunications carrier in the Philippines.
- Bayan Productions, a co-production of ABS-CBN, which is produced by Trip na Trip, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak and Urban Zone.
- Bayan class cruiser, a class of armored cruisers of Imperial Russian Navy
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