# Baptist (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/baptist/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Baptist

- Johann Baptist Vanhal, Czech composer (1739-1813)
- Johann Baptist Allgaier, Austrian chess player
- Johann Baptist Streicher, Austrian piano maker (1796–1871)
- Johann Baptist Schenk, Austrian composer
- Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, Czech conductor and violinist
- Johann Baptist von Anzer, German bishop and missionary (1851-1903)
- Baptist Knieß, German general
- John Baptist Mary David, Catholic bishop (1761-1841)
- Tom Morello, American guitarist and musician
- Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch racing cyclist (1906-1979)
- Johann Rudolf Kutschker, Austrian archbishop and cardinal (1810–1881)
- Johannes Katschthaler, Catholic cardinal (1832-1914)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.