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Comments for the name Baptista

Comments for BAPTISTA:

The "ista" ending makes me think that this would make a good feminine name - maybe not as the first name, but perhaps in the middle slot. It's certainly unusual. I'd pronounce it "bap-TEEST-ah".
-- Sophannagh  9/7/2009
Baptista Minola is a character in Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew. He's Katherine (the shrew) and Bianca's father.
-- ALOF10  9/14/2011

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