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Biblical names are always hit or miss. Some are classic and great and others seem ridiculous and should stay in the past. This is a perfect example - Abigail has stuck around and become classic. It has fine nicknames like Abby, Abbie, Gail and isn’t there are other associations besides just being Biblical. It still sounds like a normal name to a modern person. Bathsheba is only going to envoke the Biblical story (and not a very pleasant one), it sounds strange in modern times, especially since it starts with the word bath- and there isn’t really a good nickname to use. What would people call her, Bath, She, Sheba, Bat? It reminds me of a name from a fantasy story, like a name I wouldn’t be surprised to come across in a Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or Percy Jackson book.

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Also, please put all your questions together, so it doesn’t move everyone else’s off the board. If you think of more questions later, you can just edit your first post or make a poll.

I like Abigail but noth Bathsheba, I like most biblical names though

Abigail, biblical names are beautiful love them!

Please refrain from creating dozens of posts in a single day. It is considered more polite to put all the names that you want for consideration into a single post for the day because every time you put dozens of new posts down it moves other people's material off the front page (and most active page) sooner. Give careful consideration to the names you want to ask about that day and then put it into a single post. As far as the Abigail vs Bathsheba question goes that would be more appropriate for the polling feature. The polling feature is best utilized when you don't necessarily want an elaborate explanation as much as a quick "this or that", such as the versus questions.

This message was edited 1/22/2022, 4:48 AM