Given name
Bethsheba
“daughter of the oath”
Bethsheba is a variant of Bathsheba. One Hebrew interpretation is “daughter of the oath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bethsheba is a variant of Bathsheba. One Hebrew interpretation is “daughter of the oath.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bethsheba is a variant of Bathsheba. An origin associated with Bathsheba is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Bethsheba is a variant of Bathsheba. The history of Bathsheba gives this family its wider story. Bathsheba has a historical association with Nonconformist Christian naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Bethsheba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bethsheba’s family of names
Bethsheba has a related form in Bathsheba.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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