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Jackonary · 25/07/2023 11:28

Love Tabitha and Elowen. Also like Thea but prefer Dorothea. Also like the suggestions of Hebe, Ariadne and Ianthe.

IHadTheLasagne · 25/07/2023 10:13

Thisbe is a nice fruity wine here, wouldnt use it myself.

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 25/07/2023 10:11

Tabitha and Thea are both really nice.

PostOpOp · 25/07/2023 08:46

Love Tabitha (couldn't use it because of French side of the family's problems with "th" pronunciation).

Callisto is ok.

But there's a lot of great other suggestions on this thread.

oldnorsesaga · 25/07/2023 08:38

RoseApp · 24/07/2023 18:22

Stuck on names. So far we have
Thisbe
Tabitha
Thea
Elowen
Xanthe
Callista

Suggestions welcome. We quite like Greek/mythology/mystic/romantic (I can’t think of the right term )

I love Thisbe, but mostly as middle name
Also love Tabitha, Thea and Callista.

RoseMartha · 25/07/2023 08:14

Tabitha

How about Eleri?

MrsSamR · 25/07/2023 08:04

What about Persephone shortened to Perse (pronounced Percy) it was on our list for a girl. Or Pandora?

DontEatCrisps · 25/07/2023 08:01

Thisbe- I’m afraid Shakespeare has made this unusable for me.
Tabitha- love it.
Thea- meh.
Elowen- like it.
Xanthe- love it although I know a few so may be getting more popular.
Callista- like it.

motherofawhirlwind · 25/07/2023 07:56

There's a glut of Tabitha's around here, but all aged about 15-17. One of them is mine :)

NN's include Tabs/Abs, Abi, Tia, T, Tiggy.... I don't know of any of them being called Tabby, but I wouldn't have minded anyway - I liked the witchy / cat connection.

user1492757084 · 25/07/2023 07:51

They are all okay.
I like Elowen and Xanthe best.
The others have a familiarity between them.
Would you also like? ..
Blithe
Cally
Callidora
Tiffany
Morwenna

greenmarsupial · 25/07/2023 07:29

Calandra? It means lark.

gjg · 25/07/2023 07:11

I like Tabitha and Xanthe. Thea is too popular particularly with all the Theo's and Theodores. I really like pp suggestions of : Talia, Talitha, Hebe and Calliope.

24Dogcuddler · 25/07/2023 06:11

Tabitha
My Tiny Tears was / is Tabitha ( she’s in the garage)
Taught for 35 years and only met one lovely Tabitha so not overused.

babysharkdoodoodedoodedoo · 25/07/2023 04:19

TIGGY, sorry! Autocorrect!

babysharkdoodoodedoodedoo · 25/07/2023 04:19

Snailandthefail · 24/07/2023 20:56

I know a Tabitha, she is Tiggy for short which I LOVE!

My Tabitha is also a Tibby! 😁 so cute!

babysharkdoodoodedoodedoo · 25/07/2023 04:17

Mumsnet is so weird. If someone asks about names like Evie, Lily, Ava etc, posters call the names boring and suggest names like you’ve asked about, OP. But if someone asks about names like these, posters say they’re ‘try hard’ and imply that boring names are better. Basically some posters like to criticise all options!

I love your names! Tabitha and Elowen are especially beautiful but Xanthe is lovely too. How about Evanthe, Ianthe, Ariadne? I have a little Tabitha and her name has sooo many cute nicknames - Tiggy, Tibby, Tabby, Bea, Kitty, Tiggs… I just love it! I laugh when people say it’s a cats name as if that’s a negative thing, I think it just makes the name even cooler! (I love Felix too which people also say is a cats name, so I guess I love cats names!)

Epicstorm · 25/07/2023 01:17

Snailandthefail
I know a Tabitha, she is Tiggy for short which I LOVE

I like Tiggy but don’t know how it can be short for Tabitha. Surely it should be Tibby or Tabby although I don’t like either.

mathanxiety · 25/07/2023 01:16

I love Elowen, Xanthe, and Thisbe.

Suggestions:
Hera
Echo
Artemis
Clio
Eirene
Guinevere
Iseult
Hermione
Celia
Miranda
Mariana
Chloe
Daphne

CallieQ · 25/07/2023 01:00

Taco?

CallieQ · 25/07/2023 00:59

Thisbe?!
No

continentallentil · 25/07/2023 00:57

RebeccaCloud9 · 25/07/2023 00:54

We have a Thea so I obviously love the name - around us it isn't popular/common at all (yet?) I've been to loads of different baby groups, and I'm a teacher, and I haven't met a single other Thea. Everyone is always really complimentary about the name and it seems pretty universally liked on here too.

I know a few - but it’s also all the Theos and Theodores on top of that

continentallentil · 25/07/2023 00:56

Thisbe - I half like it but think it would be a liability - Zoe or Circe? Hebe seems to be more mainstream now too
Tabitha - I like it for its witchiness but it’s also a bit twee… so probably not
Thea - done to death. Thora? Tara?
Elowen - great but she’ll be one of a zillion Ellies. How about Olwen, Gwen or ffion
Xanthe - Ianthe is much nicer
Callista - Cassia is much nicer

Selene (sell-ee-nee)
Ismene (Iz-mee-nee)
Ione (eye-oh-nee)
Athene
Artemis (Artie)
Lois
Ines
Linos
Carys
Annis
Jocelyn
Arran
Olwen
Ffion
Roslyn
Iseult
Anest
Iona
Selena
Sabrina
Athena
Paloma
Allegra
Diana
Thora
Flora
Stella

RebeccaCloud9 · 25/07/2023 00:54

We have a Thea so I obviously love the name - around us it isn't popular/common at all (yet?) I've been to loads of different baby groups, and I'm a teacher, and I haven't met a single other Thea. Everyone is always really complimentary about the name and it seems pretty universally liked on here too.

OliviaFlaversham · 25/07/2023 00:53

Tabitha is nice but Elowen is beautiful.

EveSix · 25/07/2023 00:44

Please pick Thisbe. I really love it, it was on my list.