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All around the world, バティスト (Baptiste , Batiste , バティスト) is a common masculine forename. The first name バティスト is habitual in France, where it is quite a common male name, Mauritius, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Belgium, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia. Likewise, バティスト is the last name as well as the forename.
バティスト is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Baptiste Ladébauche ; Baptiste , the operatic character in the opera Le maçon (Auber) and Baptiste Lépine , the operatic character in the opera Louis Riel by Harry Somers.