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Across the world, Баптиста (Baptista
, Баптиста
, Baptysta
) is quite a rare largely male, but infrequently female first name. The first name Баптиста is habitual in Angola, where it is quite a rare boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Portugal. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and India. More prevalently, Баптиста is the last name as well as the forename.
Баптиста is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Baptista Minola , character in The Taming of the Shrew and Baptista , the operatic character in the opera Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (Goetz).