The name Bathshuah occurs twice in the Bible, and both times as a secondary designation. The first Bathshuah is the same as the 'daughter of Shuah' and wife of Judah as mentioned in Genesis 38:2 and 12. The other Bathshuah (1 Chronicles 3:5) is in fact Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah and later king David.
The name Bathshua consists of two elements. The first element is the Hebrew word
(bat 254b), meaning daughter. It comes from the word 
(ben 254), meaning son in all kinds of ways and applications (son, cousin, member of group). See for an exhaustive treatment of this word the name Ben. Other names that are formed with the word ben or bat: Benjamin, Ben-oni, and Bathsheba.The second element of the name Bathshua is
, which is identical to the name Shuah. The meaning of the name Shuah is unclear (see that name for etymology and meaning), but it may be A Cry, Riches/Opulence or Nobility, either from the verb (shawa 2348), cry out (for help), or the verb 
(yasha 929), be saved (the same verb that gives rise to name such as Joshua, Hosea and Isaiah).NOBS Study Bible Name List translates this name as Daughter Of Prosperity. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names clings to Bathsheba and renders Daughter Of An Oath.
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