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Italian Baby Names
Battista

English translation/equivalent: Baptiste

Origin: Formed from the Late Latin baptista from the Greek baptiste's derived from baptìzein "to immerse in water." Battista therefore means "baptizer."

Name Day/Onomastico: May 31—in memory of St. Battista Varani of Urbino (died 1526).

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