# Bautista

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,330

## Definitions
1. A surname from Spanish.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Bautista, from San Juan Bautista (“Saint John the Baptist”). Doublet of Batiste and Batista.

## Easily confused with
- **Baptist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baptist-vs-bautista)
- **barista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barista-vs-bautista)
- **Batista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batista-vs-bautista)
- **Baptiste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baptiste-vs-bautista)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abutista`, `batuista`, `bauitsta`, `bautisat`, `bautissta`, `bautistta`, `bautitsa`, `bautsita`, `bauttista`, `bbautista`, `buatista`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bautista