The name Bathsheba is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "daughter of an oath". Bathsheba and is often added to lists like Bible Names for Girls and discussed in our forums with posts like "If I had 8 daughters whose names started with...".
From the experts:
Popular with the Puritans, this name of the shrewd and beautiful wife of King David and daughter 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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