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 agree completely with that whenisdinnerready.

Tess definitely.

Tess! Lovely name. Sadly too sibilant with our surname.
Not keen on Tabitha at all; a witch or a cat.

Is baby girl Tess or Tabitha yet betsybo?

We're still undecided! Urgh. She's snuggled up on me here now and every night we look at her and wonder what her name will be. It's been 5 days now so we really need to bite the bullet. I wished I'd decided before she was born as I think its much harder now trying to find a name to 'fit' how she looks. I feel so responsible!

It's so weird as it was very easy when we named DS1. He is Jude btw, perhaps that influences things?

Thank you all so much for your input!

We've also brought Isadora into the mix just to confuse things. So it's now Tess, Tabitha or Isadora.

I said to dh tonight that we should just have a bottle of wine and decide as its become a 'thing' now and we're kind of ignoring having to make the decision. She's just known as 'mini' at the moment! Maybe that will be it...

Jude and Tess sound great together!

You can't have Tess if you already have Jude!! Not unless you're MASSIVE Hardy fans! I was going to say that I prefer Tabitha anyway, gorgeous name, but that clinches it...
Huge congratulations on your lovely girl.

Oh you can't have a Jude and a Tess! It's a bit Hardy themed, and things ended badly for both of them.

Go for Tabitha. Isadora is far too twirly, swirly, henna haired art teacher who wears lots of silk scarves and 'healing' crystals.

As your son is Jude, definitely go for Tabitha!

Oooh a Hardy theme, very tempting, . Tabitha is lovely though.

Agree Tess and Jude is a bit Hardy, unless you don't mind that? You will get people mentioning it though. Isadora is now my favourite.

My friend's name is Tabitha, and I love it! She's funny and creative, and the name suits her well.

Tess definitely. Most people won't remotely make the literary connection. The only Tabitha I know gets shortened to Tabs which has to be up there with the most dreadful nicknames!!!! Not Isadora- the world has plenty an Izzy already! Tess is fab. Congratulations! X

Tess! Keep us posted on what you choose.

Tess is lovely, way nicer than Tabitha.

Tess by a long way.

Um, this baby was born over 2 years ago. I expect she's got a name now.

ZOMBIE!!!!!

Chlo13 - it's 2015! What's with all the zombie thread resurrecting

Tess/Tessa is a gorgeous name and doesn't have the cat associations of Tabitha!

zombie thread

Mumsnet should keep the dead thread warning showing (with that nice zombie picture) even after it's revived

Tessa? Don't like Tess too much, but I think the -a really freshens it up
Know a quad named Tabitha, she's nice, but I don't really fancy the name