Baran (surname)


Baran is a surname with multiple origins. Most people with this surname come from Poland and Slovakia, where means 'ram'.
In other European countries, it may be a variant of Baron.
It is found in Mexico as a variant of Vara, from Portuguese and Spanish vara, from Late Latin vara. It may have been given to a keeper of animals, who used a stick to urge his charges on, or to an official who was responsible for checking weights and measures or who carried a rod as a symbol of his office.
Notable people with the surname include: