Baptista

See also: baptista

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin baptista (“baptist”), likely because riffle bugs live on water.

Coined by British entomologist William Lucas Distant in 1903.

Proper noun

Baptista f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veliidae – certain riffle bugs.

See also

• Baptista (genus) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology

From Romance ( Spanish Baptista and Portuguese Baptista ).

Proper noun

Baptista (plural Baptistas)

1. A surname from the Romance languages, Spanish, or Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Baptista is the 9027^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3621 individuals. Baptista is most common among White (57.22%), Hispanic/Latino (15.24) and Black/African American (12.54%) individuals.

See also

• Batista
• Bautista

Catalan

Etymology

From Joan Baptista (“John the Baptist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəpˈtis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bapˈtis.ta]

Proper noun

Baptista m

1. a male given name

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Baptista m (proper noun, strong, genitive Baptistä)

1. alternative form of Baptist

Portuguese

Proper noun

Baptista ?

1. alternative form of Batista