Batseba

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Nordic form of the Hebrew name בַּת־שֶׁבַע (Bat-sheva) of uncertain meaning. Theories include:

1) Seventh daughter ^[1]

2) Daughter of the oath ^{[1] [2]}

3) Daughter of abundance ^[3]

4) Corpulent one ^[3]

Related Names

Batseba	♂

Further Information

Period of Usage

Norway: 19th century ^[2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Innherad in Nord-Trøndelag ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		6	17	0	0
Denmark[5]		4	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		0	4	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	24	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Batseba.

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi