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Around the globe, Baptist (Baptiste , Baptista , Baptist ) is a common principally male, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Baptist 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 boy's name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, Baptist is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Baptiste | Haiti, Rwanda, France, Brazil, United States |
Baptista | Portugal, Angola, France, Brazil, United States |
Baptist | Portugal, Rwanda, France, Brazil, United States |
Баптист | Russia |
Baptist is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Baptiste Ladébauche ; Baptista , the operatic character in the opera Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (Goetz); Baptista Minola , character in The Taming of the Shrew; Baptiste , the operatic character in the opera Le maçon (Auber) and Baptiste Lépine , the operatic character in the opera Louis Riel by Harry Somers.