Boy · Greek, through Latin and Spanish
Bautista
Say it: bow-TEES-tah
Meaning
Spanish 'baptist', after Saint John the Baptist, from Greek baptistēs.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Once mainly a second name (Juan Bautista), it became a top first name in Argentina in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 55 babies given this name since 2001
- At its height in 2011, about 1 in 237,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Bauti
| Portuguese | Batista |
|---|---|
| Italian | Battista |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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