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Baptist (male)

Variants:Baptiste (M) Batista (M) Battista (M) Bautista (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English and German, named in reference to John the Baptist; NT The Gospels. 

Current English usage is mainly in African-American communities with strong evangelical leanings.
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