Given name & surname
Jean-Baptiste
Jean-Baptiste is a masculine given name from Old French. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
The name brings together more than one naming element.
Jean-Baptiste’s family of names
In French usage, Jean-Baptiste shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Giambattista. In French usage, Jean-Baptiste has a conventional equivalent in the Walloon form BATISSE. In French usage, Jean-Baptiste has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Giambattista.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Jean-Baptiste has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Old French roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jeanbaptisteequivalent
- Giovanni Battistaequivalent
- SchambesGerman
- Giambattistacognate · Italian
- Jan Chrzcicielequivalent
- Jean Baptisteequivalent
- Johann Baptistequivalent
- John Baptistequivalent
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People named Jean-Baptiste
- MolièreFrench playwright and actor (1622–1673)
- Jean-Baptiste LamarckFrench naturalist (1744-1829)
- Robert SchumanLuxembourgish-born German-French statesman and Venerable (1886-1963)
- Jean-Baptiste LullyItalian-born French composer (1632–1687)
- Jean-Baptiste BiotFrench scientist (1774-1862)
- Jean-Baptiste ColbertFrench statesman (1619–1683)
- Jean-Baptiste SayFrench economist and businessman (1767–1832)
- Jean-Baptiste DumasFrench chemist (1800–1884)
- Jean-Baptiste de La SalleFrench priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)
Characters named Jean-Baptiste: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Perfume), Jean-Baptiste Botul (fictional French philosopher created in 1995 as part of a literary hoax).
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