Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 916

Bayram

Bayram /bajˈɾam/

“festival, feast day”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
B
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Bayram?

Bayram

IPA /bajˈɾam/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bayram mean?

Bayram is a festival, a day of celebration for a religious or national occasion. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *badram, “feast”. As a name it was often given to children born on a holiday, and it is a common male given name.2

Bayram is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bayram made of?

Bayram is a single Turkic root: bayram (festival, feast day).

Bayram root bayram festival, feast day TURKIC bayram “festival, feast” Bayram bayram root festival, feast day bayram TURKIC “festival, feast”
Bayram: parts and root words
  • bayram Turkic — festival, feast2

How was the name Bayram formed?

Bayram is the word bayram (“festival, feast day”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Bayram?

Bayram Bayramoğlu Akbayram Albayram Bayramlı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bayramoğlu same root – –
02 Akbayram same root – –
03 Albayram same root – –
04 Bayramlı same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Bayram most common?

Bayram is not first anywhere, but it is in the top three in 1 province: Bayburt.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı · rank 25 · 2,229 people Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa · rank 23 · 11,714 people Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun · rank 11 · 3,215 people Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya · rank 25 · 1,931 people Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van · rank 23 · 3,586 people Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt · rank 2 · 853 people Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak · rank 13 · 2,518 people Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the top three (#2–3) 1
  • In the province top 30 6
  • Not listed
Bayram: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Bursa2311,714
02Van233,586
03Giresun113,215
04Şırnak132,518
05Ağrı252,229
06Kütahya251,931

Who are some well-known people named Bayram?

  1. Ömer Bayram association football player 1991–
  2. Aslı Bayram actor 1981–
  3. Emin Bayram association football player 2003–
  4. Canan Bayram politician 1966–
  5. Efe Bayram volleyball player 2002–
  6. Durmuş Bayram association football player 1986–
  7. Elif Bayram basketball player 2001–
  8. Serkan Bayram politician 1974–

People surnamed Bayram as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Bayram also a first name?

Yes. Bayram is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “festival, feast day”.

Bayram as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bayram accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bayram accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Bayram

Q1

What does the surname Bayram mean?

Bayram is a festival, a day of celebration for a religious or national occasion. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *badram, “feast”. As a name it was often given to children born on a holiday, and it is a common male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bayram?

The root word of Bayram is bayram (Turkic): “festival, feast”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bayram?

Bay·ram, 2 syllables; IPA: /bajˈɾam/.