The baby name Bitya is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɪt.jə/ — BIT-yah (also BEE-tya).
Bitya is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Bitya is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɪt.jə/ — BIT-yah (also BEE-tya).
Bitya is Hebrew in Origin.
Bitya is a Hebrew feminine name from biblical Bityah/Bithiah (בִּתְיָה), combining bat “daughter” + Yah, the divine name, and thus meaning “daughter of God.” It appears in 1 Chronicles 4:18 as a daughter of Pharaoh; rabbinic lore identifies her with the rescuer of Moses, honored for her compassion with a theophoric epithet. Depending on tradition, it is pronounced BEET-yah or BAHT-yah.
Variants include Batya/Batyah (בתיה), Batia, Basya/Basha (Yiddish), Bithiah or Bitya in English transliterations, and the rarer Bitia. Batya is standard in modern Hebrew; Basya was widespread in Ashkenazi communities, while Batia circulated in Sephardi and Mizrahi usage and among Russian‑speaking Jews. The name saw renewed favor in the 19th–20th centuries and remains well established in Israel today. Note that in Hindi/Urdu, bitiya means “little daughter,” an affectionate term unrelated etymologically, though occasionally used as a given name; the resonance of “daughterhood” happens to align.
Bitya is seldom given. We have only 19 recorded uses of it on record, from 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Girls | 0 | #545 | 3 | 10,981 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #637 | 9 | 11,648 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
Bitya is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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