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Jean-Baptiste - Origin and Meaning of the name


[ syll. jea-(n)bap-tis-te, je-an-bapti-ste ] The boy name Jean-Baptiste is pronounced as JHIY-N-BAEPTIHST- KEY. Jean-Baptiste is primarily used in French and its language of origin is varied. The name is from the combination of Jean and Baptiste, and it refers to John the Baptist from the New Testament of the Bible. See also the related forms, the French Baptiste and the French Jean.

Jean-Baptiste is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the family of boy names directly related to Jean-Baptiste, the French Jean was the most popular.

A baby name that sounds like Jean-Baptiste is the Italian name Giambattista.

A famous person named Jean-Baptiste is Guitarist, Django Reinhardt, born Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt 23 January 1910 - 16 May 1953, Liberchies, Belgium.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Jean-Baptiste: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Jean-Baptiste Meaning of Baptiste Meaning of Jean Meaning of Baptist Meaning of Baptista Meaning of Batista Meaning of Battista Meaning of Bautista