# Bathsheba (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bathsheba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “daughter of an oath”, “daughter”, “oath” |
| Pronunciation | /bæθˈʃiːbə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 365 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 365 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).

## What it means

Bathsheba is grouped under daughter.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 12 | 5,787 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,071 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,494 |
| 1993 | 5 | 13,688 |
| 1994 | 8 | 9,679 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,698 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,108 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12,612 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,162 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,291 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,641 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,817 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,904 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,673 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,711 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 芭謝巴 /芭谢巴
- Esperanto: Betsabea
- French: Bethsabée
- Hebrew: בת שבע
- Italian: Betsabea
- Polish: Batszeba
- Spanish: Bethsabee

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.