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Georgie or Tabitha?

39 replies

fairyteepee · 18/09/2014 13:12

Which do you prefer?

thanks in advance!

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TaytoCrisp · 21/09/2014 06:27

Tabitha seems a little posh to me but it's very sweet. I like it!

HumblePieMonster · 20/09/2014 12:58

Tabitha is the name of one of my rabbits.

Georgie sounds a bit silly. Georgia is ok but don't spell it Jorgia.

Alisvolatpropiis · 20/09/2014 12:56

Tabitha, by miles.

Don't like Georgie as a given name.

DecaffTastesWeird · 19/09/2014 16:33

Tabitha.

nwthree · 19/09/2014 09:32

DinoSnores - good point! Consider myself corrected.

Wishfulmakeupping · 18/09/2014 19:54

Georgie with Georgia on the birth certificate. I'm biased as I have one- I adore the nn Georgie its fab

DinoSnores · 18/09/2014 19:50

nwthree, Tiggy Legge-Bourke hasn't done so badly!

DinoSnores · 18/09/2014 19:49

I love Tabitha but it just doesn't go with our surname.

Georgie is nice but I would only use it as a nickname.

Fionafifi333 · 18/09/2014 19:46

Georgie!

nwthree · 18/09/2014 18:05

I know a little Tabitha who's known as Tiggy. Cute. Not sure how well it'll wear on a forty-something though.

LetticeKnollys · 18/09/2014 18:03

I prefer Georgie but I think people are being overly harsh on Tabitha!

My cousin in law has a DD called Tabitha and although it sounds unusual at first, it seems to just work when it's actually used in her. OH's stepdad keeps passing judgy comments about it behind her back though, which boils my piss.

Twitterqueen · 18/09/2014 17:48

Tabitha because I would have loved to have had it for one of my DDs. Also Theodora.

Gemerama82 · 18/09/2014 17:46

Very true. I hadn't seen your comment up the page that it was your dd's name, I might not have said that if I had.

That said, I'm good at offending people over name choices. When my friend was pregnant and we were discussing names I said my DH liked the name Daisy, but it reminded me of a dairy cow. When baby was born she announced the baby was called Daisy. Ooops. I have to say I now really like the name as it just makes me think of my friends gorgeous smiley little girl.

ditavonteesed · 18/09/2014 17:41

sorry I'm not really that delicate just made me grumpy for a minute. I did of course know the connections (my aunty told me just in case I dodnt ;) ) Not really bothered love my Tabs and she wouldnt be anything other name. I think sometimes though when people are talking about baby names they forget peoples children have the name already.

Gemerama82 · 18/09/2014 17:38

sorry dita didn't mean to upset you.

I am sure you must have been aware of the potential ciggy and cat connections when you chose the name, but that you decided it's a name you love and it doesn't bother you. I was just saying that for me, that connection would put me off.

It's always different when you know someone that actually has that particular name. I've disliked many a name and ended up liking it because a friend has called their child that or I meet a nice person by that name...works the other way round too!

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 18/09/2014 17:35

Sorry Dita. It is my niece's name as I said up thread and I do think it's a very pretty name. I was was just trying to work through the pros and cons for someone who hasn't yet settled on a name Thanks

ditavonteesed · 18/09/2014 17:31

the reason I should never post on these threads. lesson learned. Tabi is not a cat she is my dd, sometimes she is also tab again not a cig end but my dd.

MargotLovedTom · 18/09/2014 17:15

Georgie.

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 18/09/2014 17:06

Tab is a cigarette end and Tabby is a cat. It is a pretty name though.

Gemerama82 · 18/09/2014 17:04

The only Tabitha I knew in RL was nn Tab. Which I believe means cigarette 'oop north'. Not a great nn...

GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 18/09/2014 17:03

I actually agree with you OP. Tilly and Georgie are nice together. Tabitha and Tilly sound a bit odd together. Plus having the same first initial your sister is a bit annoying (voice of experience on that one!). Lots of letter address to Miss T Surname...

Tilly was originally a nickname for Matilda by they way but is popular as a forename in it's own right now.

Gemerama82 · 18/09/2014 17:03

Georgia or Georgiana with nn Georgie. Not keen on Tabitha.

minipie · 18/09/2014 16:53

Georgie is lovely - I'd use Georgia on the birth cert though.

Tabitha is sweet but think it's a having a bit of a "moment" right now and so might date?

AWhistlingWoman · 18/09/2014 16:53

Georgie. But it was a very close run as I really like Tabitha too

fairyteepee · 18/09/2014 16:51

Well i already have a Tilly (not short for anything) so i think Georgie would fit better than a full name, so to speak.

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