A sister for Tabitha

[EllaWallace]

Pregnancy insomnia help here please! Lying awake thinking about girls names. Number 2 expected end of May, gender surprise. Boys name decided but girls very much not so. Number 1 is Tabitha, nearly always Tabby, which we love and are struggling to match.

Would love opinions on the following or suggestions for anything with a similar feel...
Cecily
Leonie
Jemima
Georgina
Anouska

Looking for something classic but a bit unusual (aren’t we all 🤣).

Middle names will probably be Flora / and or Bridget - family names.

THANK YOU!

I like Jemima :)

I like Cecily and Leonie best from your list.

Beatrix
Meredith
Eliza
Genevieve
Madeleine
Cassandra
India
Imogen

Martha?

Lovely list of names. Favourites are Cecily or Jemima.

Love Meredith from @Fivemoreminutes1 list also.

Alternatives:
Lucinda
Millicent
Rebecca
Tallulah
Cordelia
Sabrina

We had exactly the same problem as our tabby was our first, we had a boys choice but we couldn't think of a girls name that we liked as much. We both agreed on
Imogen
Saskia
Remy
Sorrel
I also liked Vivica and Paloma but DH not so much

But we found out at 20 weeks he was a boy so didn't explore much further
Good luck!

I absolutely love the name Tabitha! From your list for DC2 Jemima would be my pick or Georgiana (rather than Georgina).

Love PP’s suggestion of Beatrix (Tabby and Trixie? )

Other suggestions:
Dulcie
Mabel
Nelle
Norah
Lavinia
Cordelia

I love Jemima!

Matilda
Beatrix
Beatrice
Evangeline
Seraphina
Eliza
Delilah
Penelope
Henrietta
Esther
Ottilie
Emmeline
Juliet

Felicity? Shortened to Lissy

Georgina is my favourite.

Talullah

Cecily - ok
Leonie - not keen
Jemima - like
Georgina - like
Anouska - I know a few Anoushkas, so it might be misspelt/missaid

Jemima is my favourite but maybe not with Tabitha, so would probably pick Georgina. nn Georgie or Gina - both nice

I have a Tabs and her sister would be Felicity (Tabs and Fifi sound so cute!)

Good luck!

Tabitha is lovely, but slightly tricky to pair with I think, as it’s sort of ‘classic with a twist’ and, while fairly long, not too frilly or flouncy like many of the currently trendy names.

Tbh I’m not especially keen on any of your shortlist, except for maybe Leonie, which could grow on me I think. Jemima in particular is much too Beatrix Potter with Tabitha (although annoyingly I think Tabitha and Beatrix would actually go together really well).

Tabitha and Flora would have worked well too, but you mentioned you’re reserving that for a middle name. Maybe something Shakespearean for a ‘classic but underused’ name?

Tabitha and Miranda
Tabitha and Rosalind
Tabitha and Juliet
Tabitha and Marina
Tabitha and Viola/Violet

Or alternatively:
Martha (sounds perfect with Tabitha but both Biblical which might be a bit themey?)
Rosanna
Harriet
Verity
Adelaide
Nancy
Claudia
Clementine

Delilah

Alexa
Constance
Eddie
Kitty
Margot
Nina
Ophelia
Penelope
Ursula
Vivienne

My first thought was Matilda

Oh, Verity is an excellent suggestion from pp!

Enid
Winifred
Gertrude
Agnes
Mabel

Thank you so much for all of these thoughts and lovely suggestions!

We love Martha, Felicity & Margot - spot on suggestions - but can’t use due to friends/family 🙄

@TempsPerdu totally get what you mean - thank you - I love Marina. Beautiful name. I also like Beatrix, Juliet and Verity but husband doesn’t. I can’t use Rosanna or Harriet unfortunately as I think they are both great names.

@custardbear haha Tabitha is a hard act to follow! Really like Imogen & Saskia.

Food for thought.... thank goodness we have a few weeks to go.

Love Tabitha, one of my favourite names. How about:
Annabella
Arabella
Cleo
Elodie
Meredith
Octavia

Tabitha was on our shortlist, it's lovely

Also on our list were

Beatrix
Imogen
Felicity
Rowan
Matilda
Harriet

We went with one of the above!

I also think Beatrix and Tabitha is a great combo, with a similar feel and great nicknames.

Loooooove Tabitha!

My suggestions would be:-

Sylvia
Naomi
Amber
Celeste
Marissa

Congratulations!

Miriam
Susannah
Cordelia
Daphne
Isadora
Philippa
Saskia

I know a few Tabithas, their sisters are called Verity and Lola

Helena
Freya
Lydia
Fearne
Esme
Louisa
Mabel
Flora
Audrey
Josephine
Penelope
Lucy
Alexandra
Eleanor
Esther
Hester
Erin
Clara
Emily
Laura
Ianthe
Xanthe
Olive
Naomi
Estelle
Leonore
Eloisa
Leah
Hannah
Henrietta
Cassandra
Charlotte
Elisabeth
Lillian
Isabella

The Tabitha I know has a sister called Delilah.