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

I think Bee is fine as a nickname for Tabitha (which is a lovely name, by the way). I know a Sylvia whose nickname is Boo .

Nicknames can be whatever you want.

My Dad used to call me Muppet. Wholly unrelated in every way possible to my actual name bar one letter.

Tabitha was Samantha's daughter in Bewitched, but they were both nice witches and Tabitha was a cute little blonde girl.

Apparently there was a surge in popularity of the name in the 60s when this show was on TV.

I don't think that Bee is a very natural nickname from Tabitha, although I could see how it might evolve from Tabby. As a parent you can call your child whatever nn you like, but I'm not sure she'd be particularly likely to be called Bee by friends.

Bee can be a nn of any name that begins with a B of course, or come from affectionate terms like Busy Bee, or just be used anyway. As an example my mother is called Clare (my grandmother wanted a name with no shortenings), my grandfather called her Clarabella which then became Bella Bee and then just Bee (he liked nick names, my grandmother must have been very annoyed!).

I would put Tabitha in the 'associated with cats' category :) Not sure it particularly goes with Eli, just because Eli is so short and Tabitha is much longer. Not an issue if you call her Bee though!

I work with someone ( she's in her early twenties) called Bee, which is short for Abigail. Her work email says 'Bee', everyone calls her that - I doubt many people know what her 'real' name is, tbh.

I love the name Tabitha - a woman I know had a baby a few months ago and called her Tabitha, it is a beautiful name for a beautiful little baby.

Me and hubby only got our BFP 7 days ago and we refer to the baby as BeeBee (long story) and I often wonder in my head if we have a girl whether we'd end up calling her that

Sorry - forgot to check back!

Never had anything except positive comments, altho the old person thinks her name is Tia.

T is also super easy for little people to say so her buddies use that (or Tab-fa as they get a bit older )