Baptiste

See also: baptiste

English

Etymology

Patronymic surname, borrowed from French Baptiste. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

Proper noun

Baptiste (plural Baptistes)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Baptiste is the 27228^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 888 individuals. Baptiste is most common among Black/African American (74.3%) and White (14.57%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baptiste”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 96.

Anagrams

• pabstite, petabits

French

Etymology

From Jean-Baptiste (“Saint John the Baptist”), from baptiste (“baptist”). From the epithet of John the Baptist (Jean-Baptiste).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.tist/

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Proper noun

Baptiste m

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Badischte

See also

• Battista (“Italian”)
• Bautista (“Spanish”)