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 really like Georgina and think it's due a comeback. Tabby and Georgie would go well together IMO.

Jemima, Matilda and Cordelia are often mentioned alongside Tabitha IME.

Elspeth
Angelina
Lucy
Alice
Florence
Susannah (Susie)
Marianne

Dd has a friend called Fenella whose big sister is Tabitha.

Georgette

Josephine

Celeste

Of your list Jemima really stands out to me me. I think it had a very similar feel to Tabitha. I love Flora as a middle name but not sure it works with an "a" ending first name. So I would go with Jemima Bridget of how about Marianne Flora.

There are lots of lovely names on this thread!

@WeasilyPleased

Dd has a friend called Fenella whose big sister is Tabitha.

Someone likes reading Jilly Cooper lol 😆

Leonie or Leonora.

I really like Saskia & Rosanna from others suggestions.

Tabitha & Clementine
Tabitha & Ophelia
Tabitha & Heidi
Tabitha & Iona
Tabitha & Veda

@WildCherryBlossom ooh Jemima Bridget and Marianne Flora are both lovely.

@Ashara I hadn't thought of Delilah but it is so pretty.

Thank you for so many lovely suggestions, we have now regretfully crossed off Jemima as it is too Beatrix Potter with Tabitha. I'm too worried about people pronouncing Leonie in different ways so that is crossed off too. Georgina is looking likely though Cecily is still in with a chance!!

Thank you for all the great suggestions!

I like Cecile from your list
Tabitha and..
Hermione
Georgina/Georgiana
Evangeline
Jennifer
Katy
Hazel
Mabel
Penelope
Nancy
Rhiannon
Rebekah
Joanna
Matilda
Emma
Verity
Valerie
Zoey
Blair
Cora
Naomi
Samantha
Eliana
Annalise
Odelia
Ophelia
Eden
Iris
Abigail
Daphne

I immediately thought Matilda.

Jemima

Or

Eleanor
Eleri
Fleur
Matilda

Ettie
Olive
Isolde ( from the Arthurian legend, pronounced Is-old-ah)
Enela
Tulah
Joy
Bonita
Clemency
Hazel
Sorrel

First, Tabitha is great.

Have enormous fondness for Leonie. We hosted German A level students for a few years and she was our first. A glorious, slightly wacky but incredibly endearing free spirit, unique.
I loved her, DH loved her, then 14 year old daughter loved her as did 5 year old son and both sets of PIL.

So, guess it’s Leonie from us 😁

I love your list!

Phoebe
Belinda
Miranda
Ursula
Vivienne
Norah
Adeline
Hero
Ianthe

We’ve got a Tabitha too (Tabi) and we love it.

I also adored Cecily too, one of my favourites.

Other names I love:
Elodie
Eliza
Emily/Amelie (love Millie as a nickname)
Rosalind

I love Tabitha
Also Love
Delilah
Jemima
Tallulah
Martha
Agatha
Dorothea

We have a Tabitha, other names we liked were.

Matilda
Lucinda
Stella
Beatrice
Victoria
Annabel

I also liked but veto by husband

Felicity
Marianne

Sometimes.people who like a name like similar ones so hope this helps.

Good luck in naming your daughter.

Cecily...love this
Leonie....love this and Leona
Jemima....dislike
Georgina....like
Anouska...dislike

Matilda
Tia
Annalise
Quinn
Clara
Oriann
Orla
Briony
Eliza

Following for ideas!
We have a Tabitha and are expecting our second girl - we are considering Daisy but it feels a bit common after Tabitha!

I like Georgina the best, but I don't know about them having both an A ending.

Suggestions:

Tabitha and Lucille
Tabitha and Charlotte
Tabitha and Celeste
Tabitha and Estelle
Tabitha and Caroline
Tabitha and Phoebe
Tabitha and Juliet
Tabitha and Erin
Tabitha and Kate
Tabitha and Rhiannon
Tabitha and Alice
Tabitha and Olive
Tabitha and Nicolette

I love all your suggested names. And absolutely love Tabitha.

The Tabitha I know has a sister called Cressida. What about that?

Eliza

Perdy

Celeste

Trinity

Cosima

I think Cecily, Leonie, and Anouska are the best of your list. Tabitha and Cecily might be my favourite.

Jemima and Tabitha is a combo reminiscent of Beatrix Potter books imo.

Suggestions:
Saskia
Leonora
Penelope
Phoebe
Alice

Florence