If not Talitha...

[HappyCamel]

Then what?

We're Christians and I'd like a Biblical or a name associated with our faith (as dd has) but I think this is less important to DH. We're both from very English families with a common English surname. We all use a single syllable shortening of our names.

I love Talitha (Tal) for a girl, it means little girl in Aramaic, but DH doesn't, although he can't tell me why. He doesn't really have other suggestions.

For a boy I like Dominic (Nic), which means Lord, or Benedict (Ben), which means blessed.

Do you have any suggestions that we could consider?

Athalia
Dinah
Tabitha
Apphia
Esther

Abigail
Ruth
Rebecca
Rachel
Deborah
Tamar
Tabitha
Judith

I love the name Zillah, but it's probably unusable (Godzilla, bridezilla etc)

Others to think about:

Dorothy/Theodora, Elizabeth, Jemima, Madeleine, Magdalena, Deborah, Lydia, Hannah, Martha, Susanna, Joanna.

And saints: Helen, Therese, Tallulah?

Bethany or Bethel (Beth)
Delilah (Dee)
Eve
Hannah (Han)
Jemima (Jem)
Kezia (Kez)
Ruth

Huge list of female saints here.

Was there a Saint Tallulah??

Well I never . . . . . . . . .

Yup - Anglicised version of Saint Tuilelath (feast day 6th January): she's one of the very old ones about whom little is known.

Tabitha and Theodore

What about Zipporah? It was the name of Moses' wife.

I always wanted to call my daughter that, but DH wasn't keen. And we had a boy

Bethia

Thea, Theadora, or Theodore for a boy. Gift of God.

Or Anna, mother of Mary?

Or Tabitha (Acts 9:36)?
St Peter raises Tabitha from the dead using the same words Jesus used ( 'Tabitha cumi' instead of 'Talitha cumi'. )

Tabitha means 'beautiful like a gazelle'