Basha

באַשע

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Yiddish
• Meaning: daughter of God

• Basha is a Yiddish name with two possible heroic origins. It can be a warm, familiar form of Batsheva, the complex biblical queen, or of Batya, the name tradition gives to Pharaoh's daughter who rescued baby Moses from the Nile. Either way, there is a quietly courageous legacy tucked inside this soft, affectionate name.

  Say it out loud and you will hear a cozy, melodic quality that carries a surprisingly modern bite. It sounds like it could be a hip Brooklyn boutique or a beloved great-aunt — and that duality is exactly its charm. A name steeped in midrashic heroism that happens to sound effortlessly cool right now.

• Alternate Spellings: Bashe
• Hebrew Equivalent:
  Batsheva
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Bayla
  ,
  Zelda
  ,
  Mendel
  ,
  Faivish
• Theme: God