Baptiste

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

Baptiste (plural Baptistes)

1. A surname from French.

• 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.

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

• pabstite, petabits

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

• IPA^(key): /ba.tist/

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Baptiste m

1. a male given name
2. a surname

• → Alemannic German: Badischte