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I'm content to leave it as an old, historical name.
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Generally speaking, the names of Hardy's female characters just don't convince me. Bathsheba makes me think of that custom (Puritan, I think) of opening the Bible to a random page and using the first name that appeared. That's the only way I could imagine anyone actually selecting Bathsheba in real life, and even then, if it was me, I'd "accidentally" drop it and "have to" start again until I hit on something more polite like Ruth.
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I love it. It has a nice sound and looks pretty when written. It is a GP though.
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For a modern person? I think it's awful. Maybe there are places where it wouldn't be awful, but I think I might lol if I was introduced to a local Bathsheba.
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Do you think Bathie would work as a nickname? What if you were introduced to a local Bathie? Surely there would be no loling.
On a more serious note, I'd like to add to my initial opinion that, while I like the name, I think it's too much of a mouthful not to have a nickname and I can't think of a good one, since I don't like Sheba by itself and Bathie is---well, we won't go there.
On a more serious note, I'd like to add to my initial opinion that, while I like the name, I think it's too much of a mouthful not to have a nickname and I can't think of a good one, since I don't like Sheba by itself and Bathie is---well, we won't go there.
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I wouldn't lol, but I might pity. Unless she was some kind of alpha female. Bathie? Urgh. Sheba would be waaaaay cooler than Bathie! IMHO.
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I've always really liked it. Something tells me that I shouldn't like it, because it starts with the word "bath", but in spite of that, I do like it. I'd love to see it used.
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