Batya

בַּתְיָה

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Biblical / Rabbinic Hebrew
• Meaning: daughter of God

• According to rabbinic tradition, Batya is the name given to Pharaoh's daughter — the Egyptian princess who spotted a basket floating in the Nile and chose to save the baby inside. That baby was Moses, and her act of compassion quite literally changed the course of Jewish history. The rabbis say God rewarded her with this name, meaning "daughter of God," because she acted with divine kindness when it mattered most.

  With the cozy warmth of a Yiddish grandmother name and the crisp modernity of a two-syllable Israeli classic, Batya bridges generations effortlessly. It is a favorite in observant circles but sounds fresh and accessible to anyone. A name that literally means your daughter belongs to something greater — and comes with a rescue story for the ages.

• Alternate Spellings: Batia, Batyah, Batiah
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Malka
  ,
  Nechama
  ,
  Zev
  ,
  Akiva
• Theme: God