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.

Bathsheba Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1706 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Bathsheba

• 1706 Nameberry 2025

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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

The name 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"