Baptiste
باتيستIn Arabic
- Meaning
- The Baptist: from John the Baptist's title, 'one who baptizes'
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- French, Greek
- Other spellings
- Batiste
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Title of John the Baptist (Yahya in the Qur'an). It names the Christian rite of baptism, so it is counted as a name of another religion; a scholar's call. Some fatwas (IslamWeb 266275 and 301771) call names peculiar to another faith impermissible for a Muslim; others (SeekersGuidance) allow foreign names unless their meaning expresses disbelief. Scholars differ.
Confidence: medium
Sources
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