Elisabeth, Tabitha or Bethany?

I'm an idiot - totally miss typed; I'm Elizabeth with a 'z'.

They're all fab choices! I'm biased as I'm an Elizabeth with an 's', I moved away from mainland UK and now spend my whole time saying it's 'with a z'. I don't mind at all. Bethany is a place in the Bible (look up the story of Mary and Martha if you're not familiar) and there is a society of nuns called the Sisters of Bethany. It's not just derived from Elizabeth.

I love them all, and also love Beth

Tabitha isn't a cats name. It's a classic human name with a long history that some people have chosen to name their cat because of the similarity between the sound of the name Tabitha and the word tabby for a describing a cat's markings. Many, many human names are used for pets. It doesn't stop them being human names first and foremost.

OP from your list, I like both Elisabeth (and I prefer that spelling) and Tabitha. I'm not keen at all on Bethany, but I'd happily use Beth as a nickname for Elisabeth.

Elisabeth/Elizabeth - love both spellings, gorgeous name.

Bethany - I'm not keen

Tabitha - no, not on a person. I had a cat called Tabitha so that obviously colours my judgement, but it sounds so weird to me as a human name.

Not at all. I’ve not cast aspersions on posters who favour Tabitha as a name
I’ve not complained about small town views when disagreed with
Because I can accommodate that for some of you Tabitha is a positive name
For me,and multiple others, it is a cat name. Always will be
Hence it has an association that’s being hotly disputed by some

And some on mn want to be in an echo chamber that affirms back their POV
Anything that digresses from their preferred world view is vehemently dismissed as it’s so intolerable

Saying it in CAPITALS doesn’t decrease the cat association
Evidently the association persists,but no one will actually say so in real life
@Happynewtier has a Tabitha, (who miaows) and agrees with the association.

Most people on this thread seem to like the name though so we obviously aren't all thinking CAT NAME!!!

I disagree that the first cultural association with Tabitha is a cat. Maybe for people who haven't moved on from Beatrix Potter, in which case Jeremy is a frog name, Jemima a duck name and Mrs a hedgehog name.

I agree. I don't love it but I don't associate it with cats.

Don't love any of them OP. Tabitha is marginally ahead but only because I dislike Eliz/sabeth and loathe Bethany.

I love Elizabeth (and don't mind Elisabeth)

Tabitha would be a guilty pleasure - I like it but wouldn't use it.

Bethany... absolutely not.

She also often pretends to be a cat and meows/hisses 😳, so I do sometimes wonder if she's trying to live up to her name... All I can say is the name truly suits her 😂!

That’s utterly charming

My friend has a Leo, and when asked she confirms yes, like the lion

Don't do Elisabeth! My name has 2 common spellings and it's a pain in the arse, honestly.

Tabitha is lovely, or choose 2 of the 3 by having Elizabeth nicknamed Bethany.

Love the name Tabitha, closely followed by Bethany. Thumbs down for Elisabeth, really not a fan

I love Tabitha. Wanted to use it myself but OH vetoed ito.

Hands down: Elizabeth (but definitely with a z or else be chilled about mistakes)

Then you have: Eliza, Beth, Lily, Bet, Zaza, Bebe, Lila, Liz, Lizzy, (or Lissy), Libby, Elie.....(nearly) all beautiful diminutives and names in their own rights. Elizabeth is my favourite name but my surname is too long to have used it (and I hate Liz- as an example of how to turn a beautiful, noble and dignified name into a less than all that name )

Elizabeth

Love Tabitha! Not a fan of the other two at all.

Or ‘Beth Bethany Bethson-Bethly the Beth of Greater Bethanyton’, maybe, gerbil?

Oh I love Bethany, so beautiful. If ds had been a girl, I would have named her Beth Bethany

Another who loves Elizabeth But very much less so Elisabeth (god what am I like but for some reason that ‘s’ is so much less a strong amazing name).
Tabitha and Bethany - really really different to Elizabeth. More American I’m thinking and kind of 70s (t) and 80/90s vibe (b) to my ear. Don’t like either very much particularly not Tabitha.

@Chilldonaldchill of course no ones going to say in real life,that’s a cat name
They’ll think it though. Just because no ones actually blurted it out in rl doesn’t diminish the obvious association
It’s not a geographical thing, it’s an immediate association thing.
The point of a name thread is testing a name,scope out what do people think. You’ll get an honest response as people are strangers and don’t need to mind real life consequences or tippy toe around sensibilities. Don’t need to be wary of causing offence.