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Now this is my all time fave girls name but dh was against it last two pregnancies so ended up with a Charlotte and a Molly. He thinks Tabitha is a cats name.
He is starting to come round as he knows how much I love it (I think he could be bribed! )
He really wants Lucy though. I would just like some thoughts from other people. Don't worry if you hate it, thats fine, I love it so much I don't care but am just interested in other peoples reactions
Lucy wouldn't inspire me. My DD shares a name with one of your daughters, so it's not like I'm opposed to traditional names. I like Tabitha but not sure about the nicknames i.e. Tab. Having said that, you might have seen the thread I started so the same could be said for my current choice.
If it makes any difference the etymology of Tabby cat and and Tabitha are completely different. Tabitha comes from an Aramaic word meaning gazelle and Tabby (as in cat) comes from the French tabis and and was probably a kind of striped silk.
I just don't know of any cats called Tabitha. And people generally give there pets human names. There are loads of dogs called Sam, Ben, Jack etc and all perfectly decent baby names.
I can understand that if it were shortened to Tabby then yes, Tabby Cat but I think there are worse connections with names than cats. After all most people love cats
lovely girl down the road has the name Tabitha. They call her Tia for short. It would never occur to me it's a cat name. I do, however, associate it slighty with the old American TV series Bewitched. Lucy is lovely, but Tabitha is more interesting.
My 6 yr old niece has this name. There were all the comments originally about cats but everyone loves it now. She does get called Tabby but this has only been in the last year or so I think and has been at her instigation, family still call her Tabitha.
Thanks CurleyShirley, it's good to hear from someone who has used it.
I don't have a problem with the Bewitched thing either as I used to like that programee
I just feel a little guilty as if I do get my way, I will know dh is not that keen, but just doing it for me. Can I name my child a name that wouldn't be his choice?
Tabby is most def not grubby!!! My dd2 is called Tabitha and we get endless comments on what a beautiful name it is. Never had a negative response apart from my mil who has disliked all the names we have chosen for our children!
I picked it because it is pretty and unusual but not too far-out. It suits my gorgeous toddler perfectly.
My sister was going to call her daughter (who never was - she had 2 boys and stopped there!) Tabitha. At first I didn't like it but it is a real grower and I think it is lovely now. Go for it!!! Good for your DH to give in at last. Lucy far too dull....
I've always loved the name Tabitha. There's a Tabitha Twitchett in Beatrix Potter, which is perhaps where the association with cats comes from, but so what? All her charachters have 'proper' names, such as Peter and, er, Tommy... or something. Anyway, I hope you use it. It's gorgeous.
Well I have a 2.5yr old Tabitha so of course I love it.
I get occasional comments about Bewitched but none feline related so far. Pretty much anyone who comments says what a lovely/unusual name.
I thought I'd call her Tabby but actually she is Tabitha and that's that. Now she's getting her own friends etc there is a bit more Tab or Tabby happening.
Occasionally she gets mispronounced as TaBEEtha or TaBEEta which I quite like actually.
lol @ tearinghairout, my main nick for dd is Mrs Twitchett and she has a china figurine of the character in her room.
Keep working on your DH as it is really a lovely name.
Tabitha is a great name. It's classy and cool at the same time. I think the cat connotations are daft. Felix is a cat's name but it's still super cool.
Lucy is fine but it's just so 'ordinary' and, in my book, on a par with Sarah and Helen: nice, plain, safe and....boring.
I love Tabitha. I love Lucy too, my dd is a Lucy, (definitely not a simpering one) but she's 23, it does seem to have become a lot more popular now than it was when she was born.
Absolutely love Tabitha. Please go for it, I wish I'd gone for my favourite with my third (and last). Use Lucy as a middle name, they goes beautifully together.
I have a Tabetha, we call her Tabby, some call her Tabs which I'm not too keen on. I chose the spelling with an e in the middle so that if she really hates it when she's older she can call herself Beth
I know dogs called Jasper, Sam, Megan, Emma and Oscar. Just because people give their pets people's names don't make them "dogs'names". Ditto Felix (lovely name), Tabitha, etc. Incidentally, is "Jeremy" a frog's name?
Am 100% in favour of Tabitha and even quite like Tab for short. Lucy is "sweet" but neither interesting nor exciting (sorry to any Lucy parents out there .
My family's girl's name is Tabitha. I have four generation of relatives with the name. My daughter's middle is Tabitha, though I would have loved for her it to be her first.
Rather weirdly some of the older aunts in the family are called Bitha/Bytha, which does sound a bit strange.
My family's girl's name is Tabitha. I have four generation of relatives with the name. My daughter's middle is Tabitha, though I would have loved for her it to be her first.
Rather weirdly some of the older aunts in the family are called Bitha/Bytha, which does sound a bit strange.
I have a four yr old Tabitha, so obviously I love it. One of her middle names is Lucy(my husband wanted it for a first name too). People do try to call her Tabby or even Tabs, but she usually corrects them herself .
My middle dd is Tabitha, and we and she love it. She shortenend it to "Taba" when she was little, and that has stuck within the family. She is only called "Tabby" by one cousin and she adores him and likes it when he calls her that. A few people gave us the Cat comment when she was named, but very quickly the name becomes identified with the person and no-one thinks of any other connection. Go for it!
tabitha is classy and quirky at the same time - mine is 12 and also has the dark hair feline eyes thing going on. she's lovely it's a lovely name, not even slightly 'grubby' it's hebrew for 'gazelle'.
Ha ha ha - I need to purge, sorry. I HATE it. My cousin called her daughter this and two and a bit years on I still wince every time I hear it. Ugh ugh.
Love it and in the early 90s swore I would call any future daughter this. By the time I had her I had changed my mind. I love that it means gazelle in Aramaic...beautiful sultry soft-sounding name
My daughter is a Tabitha and I'm a Lucy. I obviously love the name Tabitha but would say that I really like my name too, as it's one of those names that's never really in or out of fashion and I don't think it has dated in the way that trendier names have done. My Tabitha is 20 months old and calls herself Tata. I don't care about the cat connotations at all. So people think it's a cat's name? OK. Cats are beautiful, slinky, cool, collected, wise-seeming creatures to me. It's better than being called a warthog's name or a beetle's name IYSWIM.
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So are Charlotte and Molly. I'd love a Molly or a Tabitha. 
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Tabs, but she usually corrects them herself . 
