Tabitha or Vivienne

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Always loved the name Vivienne but recently I've fallen in love with Tabitha and Bibi (bee-bee) as a nickname possibly at home. Not fussed on nicknames so it's not a deal breaker. Can take or leave them and open to variables.

Which do you prefer

Vivienne or Tabitha ?

Tabitha. I'm not fond of Vivienne.

Vivienne, preferably spelled Vivien which is gorgeous and much less fussy.

I cannot stand Tabitha on a human. It's perfect on a cat though, the name of my favourite ever cat.

OP I don't find Tabitha too childlike. Maybe you think that because one of the most famous Tabitha's was the little girl in the TV Series Bewitched?

But I think of Tabitha King the writer (Stephen Kings wife) and it was also the name of a popular fashion model when I was a teenager (who was constantly in Mizz, Just 17 etc) - so I tend to think of cool older women as much as younger girls.

Mind you with Vivien I tend to think of the Lady of the Lake (Arthurian Legend) , rather than Pretty Woman so I may just be a bit odd...

Really is a split down middle on the names!
Must be quite a marmite type thing. Love one or the other

Yes I know what people are meaning on the Vivien vs Vivienne thing.
I agree I prefer Isobel over Isabelle for example so quite double standards for me to then want to use the fussier version....something to think about thanks.

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OP I don't find Tabitha too childlike. Maybe you think that because one of the most famous Tabitha's was the little girl in the TV Series Bewitched?

But I think of Tabitha King the writer (Stephen Kings wife) and it was also the name of a popular fashion model when I was a teenager (who was constantly in Mizz, Just 17 etc) - so I tend to think of cool older women as much as younger girls.

Mind you with Vivien I tend to think of the Lady of the Lake (Arthurian Legend) , rather than Pretty Woman so I may just be a bit odd...

I like these references

Glad you mentioned them :)

Vivienne reminds me of the prostitute in pretty woman, aside from that I'm not keen on it anyway, would likely be shortened to viv too, and Tabitha is more of a fairytale witch name to my mind, so not keen on either, sorry op

Tabitha.

Vivienne for sure!

Tabitha! Was on my list but was vetoed by her Dad.

Bibi is Mrs in punjabi I believe...

I much prefer Tabitha.

Love Tabitha!

Vivienne makes me think of Vivienne Westwood more than Pretty Woman.

They’re both pretty names. How about Vianne (like the character in Chocolat) as an alternative?

Tabitha.

There was a Tabitha at my uni - she was incredibly elegant, tall and slim with masses of curly hair, quite posh and studied theology. I was quite in awe of her as you can probably still tell.

Vivienne makes me think of Vyvyan from The Young Ones 🙄

I'm not a fan of either but I much prefer Tabitha.

Vivienne. Really dislike Tabitha, especially with the nickname Tabby.

Tabitha, it's lovely name 😊

Tabitha 100%.

Vivien - spelled like that- is my favourite
Tabitha is nice enough. It’s fine on an adult.
Vivienne-no, unless you are French. It’s silly otherwise.

Vivienne definitely.
I also prefer that spelling

I really don’t like Tabitha, and she will eventually be Tabby at school.

Vivienne is the only way I've seen it spelt in the uk personally. I like it.
Tabby cat?

Tabitha, but I'm biased because I have a tabitha 😉 - nn is Tabby and she loves her name, and cats too lol

I also went to uni with a Tabitha and she was very nice

Vivienne is ok, reminds me of the young ones though

Thanks for taking time to comment
I'll run different reasons for & against past my other half :)