Bathsheba

I agree with Nameberry. Bathsheba would be a very difficult name for a girl to carry in the modern age. Sheba is a lovely, more modern sounding name and far prettier than the whacky Bathsheba!

I do like this name. Mainly because of Far From the Maddinf Crowd, but I think its a bit more usable in the middle spot. Otherwise it would maybe be hard to get over the "bath" jokes.

It's so ugly, but I love it so much.

Uhhh, she was the MOTHER of King Solomon, not the daughter. Info makes it sound like King David married his granddaughter...gross.

My boyfriend had a dog named Bathsheba. I always laughed when he was going to give Sheba a bath. Cute dog though.

This is beautiful. The sounds are mellifluous and lyrical, it has a great meaning, literary connections, nice nickname options. I can understand however that it's not everyone's cup of tea. (Though really, if Delilah [with a much more negative namesake] can make it, why not Bathsheba?)

SPARTAAA!!!

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Technically it was Herodias who demanded John's head. (She hated John the Baptist because she condemned her adulterous affair with King Herod, who was her brother-in-law). Salome was her daughter who asked Herodias for advice on what to ask King Herod for after she impressed him with her dancing skills.

Uhhh, she was the MOTHER of King Solomon not the daughter.

I tend to like "ugly" names, it seems. I probably wouldn't use this, but it has beauty and history. And there's Sheba as a nickname!

Awesome name. Though, I wouldn't spell this way, maybe Batsheba or Batsheva...

Sorry, but this reminds me of a bath.

Oops !

That was Salome. Bathsheba was the one who had an affair with King David.

Very glad that this name has faded into the shadows. Just hearing "Bathsheba" makes me shudder. I don't see this becoming more popular anytime soon, although who knows what the naming trends will be within the next two generations, or even the next generation?

And not a pleasant association -She demanded St John the Baptist's head on a platter

Umm... No! Ugly, ugly, ugly!

This is way too The Conjuring for me.

This!

Agree. Plus I prefer Sheba or Sheena anyhow.

REALLY??!!

This is too much of a burden for a modern child. If it has to be this name, how about naming your baby one of its lighter variants (Batya, Sheba) instead?

This name is horrible. It was the name of the creepy dead witch in The Conjuring. The name just has an ugly/evil sound to it.

The word "Bath" really stands out to me in this name.

Bathsheba is such a cool name. I don't know if I could ever use it though.

This is the name from one of my favorite parables, though I could not see this on a child.