Bunyan \b(u)-nyan, bun-yan\ as a boy's name. English name of uncertain meaning, though it may be related to the French word "bon", or "good". The mythic lumberjack Paul Bunyan.

Baby names that sound like Bunyan are Benigno and Benoni. Other similar baby names are Bryan, Binyamin, Benyamin, Benson, Bensen, Benton, Bryon, Bryen, Canyon and Kenyon.