Bathsheba
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning daughter of the oath.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Bathsheba by the numbers
Bathsheba was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bathsheba. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Batshevadaughter of the oath; Hebrew form of Bathsheba74 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean an oath or promise
Like Bathsheba, each of these has an oath or promise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elizagod is my oath; short form of Elizabeth712 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isabelgod is my oath; form of Elizabeth2,016 in the US (2017)
- Elisemy god is an oath; a form of Elisabeth1,707 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bathsheba
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