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Bathsheba

OriginHebrew
Meaning"daughter of an oath"
US RankUnranked

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About Bathsheba

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.

Pronounced bath-SHEE-buh.

As of October 2026, Bathsheba ranked #13700 in US births in 2023 SSA, peaked at #2934 in 1953.

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Famous Bathshebas

  • 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"

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