Fun Facts About the Name Bathsheba
- 365 babies named Bathsheba: U.S. records list 365 babies given the name Bathsheba from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bathsheba Mean?
Bathsheba is a Hebrew name, written Bat Sheva (בַּת־שֶׁבַע), usually explained as "daughter of the oath." It comes from bat, "daughter," and sheva, the Hebrew word for "seven." The Hebrew root behind sheva is also used in verbs for swearing an oath, which is why the name is traditionally rendered "daughter of the oath." The second element can be read literally as "seven," giving the alternative explanation "daughter of seven"; the original sense is not certain.
Bathsheba Name History & Origins
The name is borne in the Hebrew Bible by the wife of Uriah the Hittite, who later becomes a wife of King David and the mother of Solomon. Her story appears in 2 Samuel 11 - 12 and 1 Kings 1 - 2. The Hebrew form is Bat Sheva. Latin biblical texts render it Bethsabee, and the English form Bathsheba is a later transliteration of the same name.
In 1 Chronicles 3:5 the same woman is called Bath-shua, daughter of Ammiel. This form may be a textual variant of Bathsheba or a separate name related to a different Hebrew root; its exact relationship is uncertain. In later English literature, Bathsheba Everdene is the central character of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). That literary use is much later than the biblical narrative and is not the origin of the name.
How Popular is the Name Bathsheba?
Bathsheba has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1977. Its best rank was #2,934 in 1953.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #13,700 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #15,660 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #15,894 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #11,813 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #16,636 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #13,288 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #17,161 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #12,611 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #14,107 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #14,698 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,679 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #13,687 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #7,494 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #8,071 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #5,787 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #7,015 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #8,233 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #10,419 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #8,310 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #6,369 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #7,480 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #5,124 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1978 | #4,269 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #3,923 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #4,377 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1975 | #7,235 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #7,773 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #3,989 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1970 | #5,862 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #6,688 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #4,800 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #5,493 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #6,843 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #6,667 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #6,652 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #5,751 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #6,316 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #3,766 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #5,420 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #5,259 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,172 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1953 | #2,934 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #3,216 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1951 | #3,738 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Bathsheba Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.
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