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Do you think Bee is an acceptable nn for Tabitha?

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FingersCrossedLegsNot · 26/07/2013 17:16

I love the nn Bee, I have/am currently considering Beatix and Phoebe to get to the nn Bee. These to names are still on my list however I also love Tabitha.

I don't mind the nn Tabby but I would prefer Bee. Do you think I would constantly be getting Confused by using Bee for Tabitha?

Also what category (vintage, old lady ish etc) would you put Tabitha in?

Ds is Eli, does Tabitha work with Eli?

Thanks again! X

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colditz · 26/07/2013 17:37

You can't really predict nicknames. I call one of my kids "snibs".

squoosh · 26/07/2013 17:28

It is a bit contrived but I know someone called Ellie whose real name is Louisa and I've never given it much thought.

MerryMarigold · 26/07/2013 17:26

My dniece is Phoebe and I always call her Feebs which bil HATES!

MolotovCocktail · 26/07/2013 17:24

Check me out with my spelling errors, too! Beatrice, even Blush

MerryMarigold · 26/07/2013 17:24

I wouldn't put 'Bee' with Tabitha, but my dd's nn sounds nothing like her real name. It's only used affectionately though not a nn that school would use, or probably even her friends when she is older.

Also - as a warning! - I named my dd for the nn which went along with it (I prefer the nn to her full name and planned it for use in school/ life etc) and now, since introduction of new nn by her big bro when she was born, she is never known by the nn I loved. The 'baby' nn stuck. So it is silly nn at home and full name at school.

I love Tabitha. I wouldn't put it with old lady (I think Pearl, Ethel, Mabel etc. here). Not sure of a 'category', poss vintage. I would put it with Kristin, Christina, Tamsin, Cecily, Lydia, Miriam. Not really common but not entirely weird. I think it works well with Eli, which is also a fab name. If you want to stick with Biblical names, I also considered Talitha (which means little girl in Aramaic apparently, according to Bible). And I do love Miriam.

MolotovCocktail · 26/07/2013 17:23

To be really honest, it sounds like you will have named the baby Tabitha but regretted it by calling her Bee/Bea. And yes, there would be Confused faces for Tabitha/Bee.

It has to be Beatrix (I guess that's what you meant?), Bearrice or Phoebe. I like Beatrice and Phoebe equally.

Tabitha is a vintage name that is having a surge in popularity right now. It goes really nicely with Eli; however, is only choose Tabitha if I was going to use conventional contractions of the name.

HTH.

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FingersCrossedLegsNot · 26/07/2013 17:16

Two not to Blush

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