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Thoughts on Tabitha please

111 replies

Eleta · 03/05/2008 12:30

Now this is my all time fave girls name but dh was against it last two pregnancies so ended up with a Charlotte and a Molly. He thinks Tabitha is a cats name.

He is starting to come round as he knows how much I love it (I think he could be bribed! )

He really wants Lucy though. I would just like some thoughts from other people. Don't worry if you hate it, thats fine, I love it so much I don't care but am just interested in other peoples reactions

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Moosma · 04/05/2008 21:41

I have a Tabetha, we call her Tabby, some call her Tabs which I'm not too keen on. I chose the spelling with an e in the middle so that if she really hates it when she's older she can call herself Beth

Shitemum · 04/05/2008 20:20

Well, I think Tabitha is a cat's name too but I had a cat called Molly so you might as well...

slinkiemalinki · 04/05/2008 20:20

Sorry, I met my first ever Tabatha the other day and thought "cat's name". Don't know why but sorry - I'm with your DH!

Janni · 04/05/2008 20:19

I'd be very surprised if it's biblical, but I'm often proved wrong on MN so I shall watch with interest!

tassisssss · 04/05/2008 20:19

(a disciple of Jesus, also known as Dorcas, Acts 9. In case anyone's interested...)

duchesse · 04/05/2008 20:18

My third's middle name is Tabitha, so obv biased about it.

tassisssss · 04/05/2008 20:15

tabitha's lovely

is it biblical? will go look it up...

Paddlechick666 · 04/05/2008 20:12

oooh dinny, i'd love to know the middle name.

am also very pleased that so many people like it.

dd has 2 middle names and they just roll off the tongue. i love her "whole" name as she puts it LOL.

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dinny · 04/05/2008 19:51

so pleased how many people love my dd's name! I mean, obviously I love it but had no idea how popular it is.

Tabatha - I so toyed with having an "a" instead of an "i" - really love both!

my sister always says she imagines my Tabitha grown up as an art student with her dark curly hair and blue slanting eyes - BLESS

So want to share her middle name as it is PERFECT with Tabitha but bit identifiable really!

lemonstartree · 04/05/2008 19:45

lovely lovely name. I would have used it ( or tried to) for a dd; but have 3 ds!

didoreth · 04/05/2008 14:03

I love Tabitha. I love Lucy too, my dd is a Lucy, (definitely not a simpering one) but she's 23, it does seem to have become a lot more popular now than it was when she was born.

CantSleepWontSleep · 04/05/2008 12:31

If you're in the mumsnet group on facebook then you might notice that there's an MNer called Tabatha .

It's a fabulous name, and those who say that it will get shortened are talking out of their backsides. It needn't be if she doesn't want it to be.

My very close friends shorten it to Tab or Tabs sometimes, but never in writing.

MrsMattie · 04/05/2008 10:17

It's OK. My cousin called her daughter this last year. I just hate Tabby. Cruel to inflict that on a child...

Nancy66 · 04/05/2008 10:15

Tabitha is a great name. It's classy and cool at the same time. I think the cat connotations are daft. Felix is a cat's name but it's still super cool.

Lucy is fine but it's just so 'ordinary' and, in my book, on a par with Sarah and Helen: nice, plain, safe and....boring.

cherryred · 03/05/2008 22:30

I love the name Tabitha, bewitched was my favourite programme when I was I kid... btw I had 2 cats growing up called Tabitha and Lucy!

dinny · 03/05/2008 20:09

Paddle, yes, my dd gets mispronounced as Tabit-ha sometimes too. And we used to call her Miss Twitchett

now she is at school she is known to everyone as Tabby, it's a really lovely shortening, I think

WideWebWitch · 03/05/2008 19:43

I really like Tabitha.

PearTart · 03/05/2008 19:42

Love the name Tabitha. Lucy doesn't float my boat.

artichokes · 03/05/2008 19:38

I love Tabitha. Would consider it for this pregnancy if two friends had not already used it for their DDs.

CountessDracula · 03/05/2008 19:37

I find it a bit Beatrix Potter

My ex boss had a Tabitha and a Jemima which I found very BP

I did meet a fab little girl called Tabby though who changed my mind a bit

curleyshirley · 03/05/2008 19:33

Johnny Vaughan has a Tabitha too!!! (Random fact! )

Paddlechick666 · 03/05/2008 18:34

Well I have a 2.5yr old Tabitha so of course I love it.

I get occasional comments about Bewitched but none feline related so far. Pretty much anyone who comments says what a lovely/unusual name.

I thought I'd call her Tabby but actually she is Tabitha and that's that. Now she's getting her own friends etc there is a bit more Tab or Tabby happening.

Occasionally she gets mispronounced as TaBEEtha or TaBEEta which I quite like actually.

lol @ tearinghairout, my main nick for dd is Mrs Twitchett and she has a china figurine of the character in her room.

Keep working on your DH as it is really a lovely name.

tearinghairout · 03/05/2008 18:13

I've always loved the name Tabitha. There's a Tabitha Twitchett in Beatrix Potter, which is perhaps where the association with cats comes from, but so what? All her charachters have 'proper' names, such as Peter and, er, Tommy... or something. Anyway, I hope you use it. It's gorgeous.

Crunchie · 03/05/2008 17:56

Love it, but I also love Lucy (my name )