Tabitha or Tess?

[betsybo]

Hello lovely people,

So our beautiful little girl arrived yesterday and she's looking like a little T but we can't decide between Tabitha or Tess, what do you prefer?

Thanks for your help!

I like both....but love Tess!

Congratulations

I vote for Tess x

I like the sound of Tessa Thompson, Tess for short.

Can't go wrong with either of those. Tabitha just edges out Tess for me, but both lovely. Congratulations on the birth of little T!

Congratulations. I love both but prefer Tabitha. Lovely. Just make sure the MN doesn't begin with I

Tess, definitely!

I really dislike Tabitha - a harsh cat's name.

I wouldn't use Tess with a surname beginning with T. At some point she'll be called Tess T, and that sounds too much like testes. Sorry.

Tabitha is a cool name though.

Oh, and congratulations!

Both lovely. Congratulations!

Tessa would be my pick....beautiful!

Tabitha!

Tess is nice too but Tabitha is best.

Congratulations! I love Tabitha, and had DS been a girl he would have been a Tabitha.

Instead, we chose another 'cat' name, so of we ever have a DD I couldn't use Tabitha without us looking like a bunch of loons!

I like both but would go with Tabitha as it goes better with your last name. When you say Tess Thompson aloud the Tess gets lost iyswim?

Love both names!

I don't like Tessa though, so would just go with Tess, who cares if it's originally a diminutive. It has such a lovely sound.

I love Tabitha too although it does seem to be a name that divides people.

Tess.

Its just gorgeous.

biased as I have one

Tess or Tessa, definitely. Great combo with your surname :)

I like Tabitha,my daughter is Tabitha,and she really suits it,Tess is nice too though.

Love Tess! Congratulations on your new baby

I prefer Tabitha.

Tess

Tess!

Tess, Tess, TESS.

Tabitha - nice and girly

Tess - clompy and boyish

Go for Tess! (I have a baby Tessa, who is affectionately called Tess for much of the time, so I am biased.) My Tess is also DD3 in the family. I picked her name because I have spent many years around little girls, and although there are lots of girls names I love, most of the ones on my list were really popular and I already knew lots of girls with those names. Both DD1 and DD2 have names which have risen up the name charts since they were born. This time round I really wanted a name that I wouldn't associate with any other little girls I knew. The great thing about Tess / Tessa is that you don't hear it all the time, so the name has really "become" my daughter. I think Tess as a name is feminine, has some character, but isn't so unusual or unique that it would raise eyebrows later in life. Tess has just worked perfectly for us. (That's not to say Tabitha isn't lovely too!)
Have you made a decision yet?
Congratulations on your lovely dd!