Do you think Bee is an acceptable nn for Tabitha?

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I love the nn Bee, I have/am currently considering Beatix and Phoebe to get to the nn Bee. These to names are still on my list however I also love Tabitha.

I don't mind the nn Tabby but I would prefer Bee. Do you think I would constantly be getting by using Bee for Tabitha?

Also what category (vintage, old lady ish etc) would you put Tabitha in?

Ds is Eli, does Tabitha work with Eli?

Thanks again! X

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To be really honest, it sounds like you will have named the baby Tabitha but regretted it by calling her Bee/Bea. And yes, there would be faces for Tabitha/Bee.

It has to be Beatrix (I guess that's what you meant?), Bearrice or Phoebe. I like Beatrice and Phoebe equally.

Tabitha is a vintage name that is having a surge in popularity right now. It goes really nicely with Eli; however, is only choose Tabitha if I was going to use conventional contractions of the name.

HTH.

I wouldn't put 'Bee' with Tabitha, but my dd's nn sounds nothing like her real name. It's only used affectionately though not a nn that school would use, or probably even her friends when she is older.

Also - as a warning! - I named my dd for the nn which went along with it (I prefer the nn to her full name and planned it for use in school/ life etc) and now, since introduction of new nn by her big bro when she was born, she is never known by the nn I loved. The 'baby' nn stuck. So it is silly nn at home and full name at school.

I love Tabitha. I wouldn't put it with old lady (I think Pearl, Ethel, Mabel etc. here). Not sure of a 'category', poss vintage. I would put it with Kristin, Christina, Tamsin, Cecily, Lydia, Miriam. Not really common but not entirely weird. I think it works well with Eli, which is also a fab name. If you want to stick with Biblical names, I also considered Talitha (which means little girl in Aramaic apparently, according to Bible). And I do love Miriam.

Check me out with my spelling errors, too! Beatrice, even

My dniece is Phoebe and I always call her Feebs which bil HATES!

It is a bit contrived but I know someone called Ellie whose real name is Louisa and I've never given it much thought.

You can't really predict nicknames. I call one of my kids "snibs".

I love the name Tabitha equally with Beatrix and Phoebe, I wouldn't just use it to try to get to Bee.

I knew it was pushing it a bit, I thought it could kind of work with Tabitha going to Tabby going to Bee....though Tabby is cute also.

Another question for you all...do you think Tabitha will get as popular as Matilda?

I think Beatrix is best if you want to use Bee.

Of course you can have Bee as a nickname- it's mine, and my given name is nothing like it . That's B for Busy Bee though, which is ironic in my case. I have also known a Genevieve (love it) called Bunny.

Our Tabitha is nn Tee (written as just T).... would that be close enough?

Trinitybleu Tee could work! What reactions have you get to her name, does she like her name?

I know a Katherine called Totty, nns don't always come from the real name so if you name her Tabitha she'll have that as an official name and then as long as you use Bee all the time it'll be her 'used' name.

I know 3 Tabithas all in their 20s, I don't know any young ones though

Of course you can call her Bee! There are no rules.

Nicknames spring from everything and nothing. I call my DD Lane a lot of the time, which is an abbreviation of her nn Lena (Ley-na). Her full name is longer still. I'm sure some people give me looks, but who cares/notices?!

Bee is a fab nickname for Tabitha, and Tabitha is, IMO, a much nicer name than the dumpy Beatrice.

Tabitha is one of those names like Merryn, Rosalind, Eleanor, Marianne, Miranda, Briony, etc, that is well-known, established, not overly used and stupidly popular, hasn't dated and so you could never be absolutely sure of the owner's age. A rare beast. :)

I love Tabitha,and Bea is a lovely and perfectly usable nn

My DD is called Tabitha but Tabitha Tuppence just kept rolling out of my mouth. Then she was Tuppeny, then Tuppeny bit, now often Tuppeny B or just B.
The thing is, more often than not nicknames just evolve and you have little control over them. She's only 2.5 and has had loads of nicknames before being B, and I never would have thought she'd end up as B either. She was meant to be called Poppy which is her middle name but it just didn't stick.

How about Bebe?

Honey?

Bebe is lovely!

My dd's name is Bridget, but I call her B

If you want her to be called Bee, just frigging call her Bee!!

I think Bee is cute! Not a huge fan of Tabitha, reminds me of some evil witch on a tv program many years ago :P but Bee's very cute

Only if you think planning to use N as a nickname for Anne sounds right.

They're both nice names, but in no way related to each other.

Don't think it is possible to pan nicknames in advance. I think they evolve naturally, and, in my experience very rarely as planned! So, with this in mind, go for the name you love. All your names ate lovely by the way. But avoid the pre planning nicknames. You could call her Beatrice and se might end up as Melon or Cloud moo moo! Good luck

Sorry about the typos!