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Around the globe, Baptiste (Baptiste , Baptista , Baptist , among others...) is a common principally masculine, but very infrequently girly first name. The given name Baptiste is habitual in France, where it is quite a common masculine name, Mauritius, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Belgium, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, Baptiste 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 |
Батист | Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan |
בטיסט | Israel |
Baptiste is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Baptiste Ladébauche ; Baptiste , the operatic character in the opera Le maçon (Auber); Baptiste Lépine , the operatic character in the opera Louis Riel by Harry Somers; Baptista , the operatic character in the opera Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (Goetz) and Baptista Minola , character in The Taming of the Shrew.