The baby name Batshevah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced baht-SHEH-vah (IPA: /bɑtˈʃɛvə/).
Batshevah is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Batshevah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced baht-SHEH-vah (IPA: /bɑtˈʃɛvə/).
Batshevah is Hebrew in Origin.
Batshevah is a modern, less common transliteration of the Hebrew Bat‑Sheva (בת שבע), meaning “daughter of seven.” In biblical Hebrew, bat = daughter and sheva‘ = seven, a number associated with completeness and covenant; some also connect it to shevuah, “oath,” yielding the secondary reading “daughter of an oath.” The name belongs to the wife of King David and mother of Solomon in the Hebrew Bible, a figure known in English as Bathsheba.
Usage spans Jewish communities and modern Israel (most often as Batsheva/Bat-Sheva), while the Anglicized Bathsheba appeared in English and Puritan naming and in literature - most famously Hardy’s heroine Bathsheba Everdene. International forms include Bethsabée (French), Betsabea (Italian), Betsabé (Spanish), and Batseba (Scandinavian). Contemporary nicknames include Sheva and Shevi. Variant spellings: Batshevah, Batsheva, Bat Sheva, Bat-Sheva, and the English Bathsheba.
Batshevah doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. Whatever the reason, hardly anyone else has it.
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