Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: “daughter of the oath”
Best Nicknames
Bash, Bats, Batsy, Sheba, Shebbi
Variations and Sound Alikes:
Bathseba, Bathshebha, Batseba,
Batsheva, Bat-Sheva, Batszeba,
Bethsabée, Betsabá, Betsabe
Bathsheba TV and Movie Quotes:
“What does he call you… Bathsheba?”
Annie Hall (1977)
“They haven’t killed him yet, have they,
Bathsheba?” Sheba and the Gladiator (1959)
Famous people named Bathesheba or its variations
1. Bathsheba Grossman (b. 1966), American artist
2. Bethsabée de Rothschild (1914-99), French
baroness and philanthropist, (changed first
name to Batsheva in Israel in 1951)
3. Bathsheba W. Smith (1822-1910), American activist
Bathsheba Middle Names
Bathsheba Clare
Bathsheba Glory
Bathsheba Marie
Bathsheba Naomi
Babs