Given name & surname
Baptista
“the baptizer”·“baptist”
Baptista is a feminine form of Baptiste. One interpretation is “baptist.”
Original GreekΜπαπτίστα
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Baptista carries the interpretation “the baptizer.” Baptista is a feminine form of Baptiste. One interpretation is “baptist.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Baptista is used as a feminine counterpart of Baptiste.
Baptista’s family of names
Baptista is a feminine form of Baptiste. Baptista has a related form in Bautista. Baptista has a related form in Batista.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Baptista has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Bautistavariant
- Battistavariant
- Batistavariant · English, Portuguese
- Bautystavariant
- Batystavariant
- Baptiestavariant
- Bapteestavariant
- Baptystavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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