What do you think of Tabitha?

[Sastra]

What do you think when you first hear or see it?

[squoosh]

I love it. It's one of my very favourite names. To me it sounds very 17th century.

[ShatnersBassoon]

I think cat. Then I think little girl.

[knittedslippersx3]

I love it. It was second on my list for dd!

[nizlopi]

very twee

[Declutterbug]

Same as Shatners, sorry!

[squoosh]

Lots of people do think 'cat'. That's not awful though is it? Better than conger eel or tape worm.

[PurplePidjin]

Cat. Especially as an acquaintance of mine insists on referring to her ickle pwincess Tabby kitten...



Yes, this is on The Evil Farcebook

[birdofthenorth]

Love love love this name. DH did not.

[birdofthenorth]

PS I was told DD's name is a horse's name, so the cat thing wouldn't bother me. It's not like you'd be called a child Fido or Whiskers.

[EmmaCate]

Like it a lot but obviously shortening to Tabby or Tab would be off limits, so perhaps would not be practical.

[TequilaMockinBird]

I think of the little girl out of the TV programme Bewitched. She used to wiggle her nose, very cute!

I love the name though, sounds feminine and pretty

[HipHopOpotomus]

I loved it when I was about 11. Now it makes me wince - twee & frilly

[StepOutOfSpring]

A comical name for a cat.

[YouFloatLikeAFeather]

Think it's lovely.

[Mechavivzilla]

I love it. If DS had been a girl there is a high chance he would have been a Tabitha! I also think Tabby as a nickname is lovely. Stephen King's wife is a Tabitha.

[slothprincess]

I have a baby Tabitha and we get so many compliments on her name. I happen to love cats so don't mind the feline association at all!

[squoosh]

Interesting HipHop, I hate what I consider to be frilly girls names although Tabitha doesn't fall into that category for me. I think frilly when I hear Arabella, Clarissa, Felicity . . . .

Frilly seems to be a state of mind!

[Sastra]

I don't mind the cat connection ( but I also love Felix for a boy, so maybe this is revealing something about me...).

I also love Tabby and Tabs as nn.

It goes really well with our surname too (which is no mean feat) and DH doesn't hate it (which is no mean feat).

[Mechavivzilla]

this makes me smile Sastra, Felix was also on our short list!

[Susieloo]

I love it, this is still my number one name if it's a girl, due in July, DP on the other hand will not entertain it at all, he can't get over the possibility of her nn being Tabby and therefore cat like. I don't think I'm going to be able to change his mind.

[Rindercella]

I quite like it. Makes me think of a twitchy nose. And then a cat.

[Justfeckingdoit]

Love it. Mind you I have come to realise that most of the names I like are characters from Jilly Cooper novels.

[salt1]

love itx

[StillSquiffy]

Hugh Grant's DD has just been named Tabitha.