Given name & surname
Bautista
“the baptizer”·“baptist”·“one who is baptized”
Bautista is a variant of Baptista. In Greek use, Baptista carries the interpretation “the baptizer.” Bautista is a form of Baptiste. One interpretation is “baptist.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bautista is a variant of Baptista. In Greek use, Baptista carries the interpretation “the baptizer.” Bautista is a form of Baptiste. One interpretation is “baptist.” Bautista is a variant of Baptist. One Latin interpretation is “one who is baptized.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bautista is a variant of Baptist. An origin associated with Baptist is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Bautista is used as a form of Baptiste.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bautista through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 65 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 331 as a first name in 2020; 59,869 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bautista’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Bautista has a diminutive in TISTA. Bautista shares a linguistic root with Baptiste. Bautista has a related form in Baptist.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bautista has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bautista
- Bautista SaavedraPresident of Bolivia (1870-1939)
- Bautista ÁlvarezSpanish politician (1933–2017)
- Bautista MerliniArgentine association football playerborn 1995
- Bautista EzcurraArgentine rugby union footballerborn 1995
- Bautista Saubidet BirknerArgentine windsurferborn 1995
- Bautista DelguyArgentine rugby union footballerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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