Bathshua as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bathshua

What is the meaning of the name Bathshua ?

The baby name Bathshua is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced BAHT-SHOO-ah (approx. /batˈʃuə/).

Bathshua is Hebrew in Origin.

Bathshua is a rare biblical feminine name from Hebrew, appearing in 1 Chronicles as Bath-shua and paralleling Bathsheba (Bat-Sheva). The first element bat means “daughter.” Depending on which underlying form is intended, the second element points either to sheva (“seven, oath”), yielding “daughter of the oath,” or to shua, a personal name/term linked by scholars to “opulence, wealth,” hence “daughter of Shua/wealth.” Chronicles uses Bathshua for David’s wife, elsewhere called Bathsheba, and also for Judah’s Canaanite wife, creating a textual overlap.

Carried into English via the King James Bible, Bathshua saw sporadic use in 17th-18th-century Britain and colonial New England; today it is exceedingly uncommon, with Bathsheba/Bat-Sheva far more familiar. Variants and cognates include Bathsheba, Batsheva, Bat-Sheva, Batshua, and Romance forms Betsabé (Spanish/Portuguese), Betsabée (French), and Betsabea (Italian). Possible short forms are Sheba or Bath.

⚙ Bathshua does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.