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baptiste Name Meaning and History

French and English: from a medieval personal name, derived from the distinguishing epithet of St. John the Baptist, who baptized people, including Jesus Christ, in the river Jordan (Mark 1:9), and was later beheaded by Herod. The name is from Latin Baptista (Greek baptistes, a derivative of the verb baptizein ‘to dip in liquid’, ‘to baptize’).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of baptiste Families in the US in 1920
Number of baptiste families
 81-159
 28-80		 1-27
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Texas marriage 1880 - ANDREW J. Baptiste & Anna Lauson 907016 0
BAPTISTE & FRAZIER FAMILY IN AL ROBBIN STRICKLAND 3
Where did the name Baptiste originate ? evelyn 5
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Baptiste's from Grenada DaveBaptiste 7
virginia baptiste acjohns184 1
Baptiste family iris miller 1
Baptiste stmoore1 1
John Baptiste and Mary Cella MightyTree 0
Daisy Baptiste m. Spencer Frazier, AL ROBBIN STRICKLAND 0
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