Bayoán, Bayoán name, meaning of Bayoán
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Origin and meaning of the name Bayoán
Bayoán is a boy name of Native American origin. A character created by Puerto Rican author Eugenio María de Hostos y Bonilla in his novel “La peregrinación de Bayoán.”
This work narrates the life of a young man who dreams of an independent Antilles (Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Santo Domingo) and a more just and egalitarian world, free from Spanish rule.
Bayoán is presented in the novel as the first indigenous person from Boriquen (the name given to Puerto Rico by its native inhabitants) who doubts the immortality of the Spanish.