Bajram as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bajram

What is the meaning of the name Bajram ?

The baby name Bajram is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced baj-RAHM.

Bajram is Albanian, Turkish in Origin.

Bajram is the Albanian spelling of Turkish Bayram, ultimately continuing Old Turkic badram, recorded with the sense of a feast day or public celebration. In Albanian orthography, j represents /j/, so Bajram preserves the Turkish glide while adapting the spelling to native conventions. The root belongs to the Turkic lexical stock rather than Albanian itself; its literal sense is festival, feast, or holiday, especially a marked religious celebration.

As a given name, Bajram has been most visible among Muslim Albanians in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and the wider Balkan diaspora, often linked with Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, both called Bajram in Albanian usage. Turkish Bayram functions both as a name and a common noun, while South Slavic contact produced spellings such as Bajram and Bejram. Notable bearers include Bajram Curri, the Albanian nationalist figure, and Bajram Begaj, president of Albania from 2022.