Baptiste: Surname History and Family Crest

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Family name meaning

The same name, two spellings: Baptiste and Baptista. Its meaning, shared with Baptista, is “baptist”.

Records show Baptiste as one of the forms Baptista took over time. Baptiste ranked 3,983 in the 2010 US Census, with 8,915 people answering to the name. INSEE counts 8,098 people born in France with the Baptiste surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1981–1990. The name became more frequent over the century.

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