Honest Thought's on ‘Tabitha’?

[MummaR94]

So I’m currently 25 weeks with our 4th!!!!
After much deliberation I’ve really settled on the name Tabitha but have had a real mixed bag of reactions from people regarding the name!

We’ve not told anyone that’s what we’ve chosen but just mentioned it when people have asked what names we like….

Now im not normally one to be too hung up on peoples opinions but Tabitha seems to really unsettle a lot of people! The main issue is I just don’t want to give her a name that she has trouble with when she’s older despite how much my husband and I love it!

She’s our gorgeous rainbow baby so one of her middle names will be either felicity/ Iris then Rose afterwards I.e Tabitha Felicity Rose.

Our other children are George, Tobias and Primrose so wanted another name in keeping and really feel that Tabitha sits so well!

Just very torn on what to do!

@ColdInApril we did exactly this and stopped caring! We absolutely love it for her and it suits her perfectly xx

I've only ever known cats called Tabitha, as in a tabby .

Cat

Not to blow my cover or anything but that may or may not be my name .........
I personally don't like it for myself, and I've only ever heard "that's a cats name" from anyone else other than my family

Many congratulations OP, Tabitha is a gorgeous nam, great choice@MummaR94

It is a no from me

@MushMonster , @peanutbuttertoasty , the baby is two years old.
FWIW, I know girls called Tabitha but no cats.

I'd say it was quite similar in vibe to Matilda and a nice name for a girl.

We have one. She’s known as Tabéa to her friends, largely because Tabitha doesn’t work at all in the country where she lives.

Thanks all for the nice comments, we love it and that’s all that matters and if she really doesn’t like it when she’s older she can go by her middle name! xx

I've never met a cat called Tabitha. I do remember the TV series about Tabitha the witch, spin off from Bewitched when I was a kid. I loved watching that!

I'm glad you just went for it anyway OP.

I love it. It goes well with her siblings' names.

Beautiful! I do know someone with a daughter of this name and it does get shortened to Tabs though. Tabby would be fine though IMHO.

That's apparently what I was named after 🙄😆

I think it's a lovely gentle-sounding name.

Tabitha is one of my favourite names.

I think the cat reference comes from Beatrix Potter and her wonderful Tabitha Twitchett. But this wouldn't put me off.

I’ve a Tabitha, in her mid 20s. Everyone always says what a lovely name it is and she really suits it. My mum was the only person that ever said it was a cats name, I’m glad I ignored here as much as I love her and went with our choice. Lovely name not too outlandish but not too popular.

Instantly makes me think of a cat

I also think of Bewitched.

Its a nice unusual name, I can only think of one and to be fair she is a snotty cow, but she doesn't really suit the name.