Basya (given name)

Basya or Basia is a feminine given name of multiple origins. It may be a Polish diminutive of the name Barbara, commonly spelled as Basia.

As a Jewish name, particularly in Yiddish, it is diminutive of the biblical name Bathsheba or a variant of the biblical name of the unnamed Pharaoh's daughter, who was later given various names including Batya or Batia (Hebrew: בתיה). It is also sometimes used as a diminutive of the given name Benedicta.

Notable people with the name include:

Basya

Batia

  • Batia Apollo (1946–2018), Israeli painter
  • Bathja Bayer (1928 –1995), Israeli musicologist
  • Batia Brenner (1894–1975), Israeli kibbutznik
  • Bathia Churgin (born 1928), Israeli musicologist
  • Batia Disenchik, Israeli model
  • Batia Grossbard (1910–1995), Israeli painter
  • Batia Holin (born 1953), Israeli photographer
  • Batia Kolton (born 1967), Israeli illustrator
  • Batia Lancet (1922–2019), Israeli actress
  • Batia Lishansky (1900–1992), Israeli sculptor
  • Batia Makov (1841–1911), one of the founders of Rehovot
  • Batia Malka (born 1981), Israeli sculptor
  • Batia Masnikov, Israeli gymnast
  • Batia Mishani (born 1945), Israeli Paralympian
  • Batia Mittelman (1891–1931), member of the Old Yishuv
  • Batia Ofer (born 1974), Israeli-Canadian philanthropist
  • Batia Shweiki (born 1953), Israeli Paralympian
  • Batia Steinbock (born 1961), Israeli pianist
  • Batia Temkin-Berman (1907–1952), Polish-Israeli archivist and activist
  • Batia Wang (born 1945), Israeli jewelry designer

Batya

  • Batya Bagully (born 2001), Kazakhstani footballer
  • Batya Friedman, American professor
  • Batya Frost (1938–2025), Israeli interpreter
  • Batya Gur (1947–2005), Israeli writer
  • Batya Kahane (1901–1978), Israeli writer
  • Batya Kahane-Dror (born 1964), Israeli lawyer and activist
  • Batya Kristal (born 1951), Israeli nephrologist
  • Batya Orni (1933–2020), Israeli air navigator
  • Batya Ouziel (1934–2018), Israeli television craftsman
  • Batya Rosenak (born 1965), Israeli artist
  • Batya Rosenthal (born 1956), Israeli actress
  • Batya Segal (born 1969), Israeli set designer
  • Batya Svirsky Malul (born 1957), Israeli architect
  • Batya Ungar-Sargon (born 1981), American journalist
  • Batya Weinbaum (born 1952), American writer

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Basya
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