Bathsheba

Hebrew
"daughter of an oath"

Bathsheba Origin and Meaning

The name Bathsheba is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "daughter of an oath".

Popular with the Puritans, this name of the shrewd and beautiful wife of King David and mother of King Solomon could be a bit of a load for a modern girl to carry.

Bathsheba is the name of the central character in the Thomas Hardy novel Far from the Madding Crowd and there's a Harry Potter character named Bathsheba Babbling, Ancient Runes professor at Hogwarts.

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Bathsheba Popularity

Famous People Named Bathsheba

  • Bathsheba
    Biblical wife of David and mother of Solomon
  • Bathsheba Doran
    British playwright and TV writer
  • Bathsheba Garnett
    American actress
  • Bathsheba Grossman
    American sculptor
  • Bathsheba Wilson Bigler Smith
    American Mormon leader and suffragist
  • Bathsheba Bowers
    American Quaker author and preacher
  • Bathsheba Nell "Sheba" Crocker
    U.S. diplomat

Bathsheba in Pop Culture

  • Bathsheba Everdene
    character in "Far from the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy
  • Bathsheba "Sheba" Hart
    character in "Notes on Scandal"
  • Prof. Bathsheda Babblings
    character in the "Harry Potter" series
  • Bathsheba
    character in "The Conjuring"
  • Eurydice Colette Clytemnestra Dido Bathsheba Rabelais Patricia Cocteau "Patsy" Stone
    character in "Absolutely Fabulous"