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Beatrice / Aaliyah / Christabel / Tabitha

63 replies

RoseByAnyOther2 · 24/02/2018 01:51

We’ve hit a bit of a stalemate on the following names, two I love, two DP loves. Which would you choose and why?

Beatrice / Aaliyah / Christabel / Tabitha

Thank you!

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Arapaima · 24/02/2018 01:51

Tabitha. Love it.

Meandmy4 · 24/02/2018 01:55

Tabitha 😍

frasier · 24/02/2018 02:00

Tabitha (because I know one and she's cute!)

HuskyMcClusky · 24/02/2018 02:04

Christabel, with Christa for short. Pretty.

I hate Beatrice (an absolute mumsnet fave, though). Aaliyah always makes me think of the dead American singer (sorry). Tabitha is a cat or a witch. Or a witch’s cat.

Argeles · 24/02/2018 02:15

Christabel is lovely, but for me I’d spell it ‘Cristabel,’ without the h.

VimFuego101 · 24/02/2018 02:19

If you choose Aaliyah some people will make an association with the singer...are you a fan of hers?

Elllicam · 24/02/2018 02:24

Christabel.

Petitepamplemousse · 24/02/2018 02:29

Not Aaliyah. It's awful. Also... as a teacher I teach three, all of whom are mouthy and naughty! The others are all fine.

Iwasjustabouttosaythat · 24/02/2018 02:34

I’m not fussed about any but Beatrice and Aaliyah are awful.

Threeandabit · 24/02/2018 03:06

Christabel. I think it's lovely, and I predict it will get more popular over the next 10 years Smile

Cavender · 24/02/2018 03:10

Beatrice by preference but Cristabel (also prefer this spelling) is nice too.

I had a very unfortunate experience with a Tabitha so I’m prejudiced against the name. Grin

JingsMahBucket · 24/02/2018 04:42

Aaliyah is a gorgeous name with a better mouthfeel than Tabitha. At least to me anyway.

Aaliyah has much more meaning than a singer. Hmm

Battleax · 24/02/2018 04:44

Tabitha.

MummyCuddlesSolveEverything · 24/02/2018 05:04

Tabitha! We would have used Tabitha if we had a girl Smile

Sophronia · 24/02/2018 05:04

Christabel or Tabitha

AnyaMoondial · 24/02/2018 05:15

Beatrice is my favourite but I like Tabitha too.

IWouldLikeToKnow · 24/02/2018 06:12

I hate to say it but Tabitha sounds a little like a cat's name. I think Aaliyah is gorgeous

ChocolateCrunch · 24/02/2018 06:39

Tabitha - my favourite girl's name. I also like Christabel, it has a nice sound about it. Beatrice - never liked it and I don't understand why it's so popular tbh. Really don't like Aaliyah, sorry.

Greggers2017 · 24/02/2018 06:58

I hate to say this but Aaliyah is a very chavt name and to me is in the same league as the Armani and Miami's of this world.
The other 3 are strong classy names.
My sister has a Tabitha Clementine

Elfyn · 24/02/2018 07:29

What a mixed bag!

Definitely Tabitha for me.

deptfordgirl · 24/02/2018 07:35

Tabitha is definitely the nicest. Love it.

ElizaDontlittle · 24/02/2018 07:36

I like Beatrix better than Beatrice but both are lovely, and Christabel is really gorgeous. I wouldn't spell it without the h - it's like using Cristopher or Cristine in this country - unless you have southern European roots where that's how they spell that group of names - I think it just looks like you're trying to be "unique"!

I like Aaliyah but consider Tabitha a cat name really, sorry. Congratulations OP Flowers

MaryPoppinsStoleMyHandbag · 24/02/2018 07:47

Beatrice or Tabitha - hard to chose between the two but probably the latter as first choice.

Really don’t like the other two choices, especially Christabel.

DisabledUserName · 24/02/2018 07:53

Aaliyah is a lovely name. People who describe children's names as chavvy are not people I would wish to be friends with.

rachrach2 · 24/02/2018 07:56

Beatrice is the only one I like.

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