Basya (given name)

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

As a Jewish name, particularly in Yiddish, 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. It is also sometimes used as a diminutive of the given name Benedicta.

Notable people with the name include:


 * Basya Cohen
 * Basya Schechter
 * Benedicta Solomonovna "Basya" Kramarova, mother of Russian-American actor Savely Kramarov