Nola or Tabitha

[bewellnell]

I've already written a thread on changing my bub's name.

Just want a poll on which is preferred by the Mumsnet gang..so which would you go with,

Tabitha or Nola?

Nola

Nola is a million times better than Tabitha.

Tabitha is much better. Nola sounds very bland, like Norma, normal, Nolan sisters.

Tabitha

Nola is lovely.

Tabitha has too many cat associations to me.

Drama- thats interesting- the cat associations make it even more endearing to me,- the daughter in the TV show Bewitched had a girl called Tabitha ( for those of us old enough to remember it)
i love it.

Nola, but I read your other thread and you have to go with what makes you and your DH happy.

My youngest is one and we were SO sure and happy with his name, but I am definately wobbling on it. I think all the time of names I like more. it's not a good feeling but for me he knows his name, everyone else knows it.....I'm resigned to keeping it the way it is. I try to remember that it is a perfectly nice name, which my DH and I picked together out of love for the child and there is no need whatsoever to change it. that helps somewhat.

Nola was on my girls list. It is lovely and not too common

good luck OP

atthestrokeoftwelve I actually had a lovely cat called Tabitha, which is why it has such a strong association for me. I'm probably too biased because of that & shouldn't have commented on the name. I remember Bewitched as well - maybe that's where I got the name for my cat from?

I do really like Nola, though.

Nola. I like it

Tabitha is a cats name IMO

OP I think they are both lovely. I have a friend who has a DD named Nola - they call her Noli for short. I also like Tabitha and that was my 2nd option for DD1 who we named Matilda so we seem to have similar taste in names!

If you're really wobbling I would go with Tabitha and it's better known. Nola will mean a lifetime of correcting people, repeating how it should we said and spelt over the phone, having her name written incorrectly etc. it's not a deal breaker of course but something to consider.

I also think Tabitha works better across all ages.

Good luck! I am considering changing DD2's name (she is 5 months). Why we name children after the trauma of labour and sleepless nights is beyond me!!

Sorry for the typos. Hope you got the gist of what I said.

She's been Nola for a year, so I would choose Nola!

Nola definitely

Nola Nola Nola :)

(Kept autocorrecting to NOLA so I googled and it just came up with New Orleans pages so I don't think that's an issue!)

Nola.
Tabitha is a cat.

I prefer Tabitha, really not keen on Nola. Sounds as though it should be short for something but it isn't. I'm not keen on names that are too unusual either.

Much prefer Nola.

I love Tabitha, but Nola's quite nice too. I would use it as a middle name. I think Tabitha Nola sounds good together!

NOLA is short for New Orleans, Louisiana (LA is US post code for Louisiana), so imo a nice association. It's a beautiful city even after the hurricane.

Nola. I can think of two films with a gorgeous female lead named Nola: Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It and Woody Allen's Match Point. (Scarlett Johansson's Nola in Match Point is a tragic character, but she's pretty intriguing and, well, pretty!) It's a striking name.

Nola

Nola

Nola :-)

Nola.