Thoughts on Tabitha please

[Eleta]

Now this is my all time fave girls name but dh was against it last two pregnancies so ended up with a Charlotte and a Molly. He thinks Tabitha is a cats name.

He is starting to come round as he knows how much I love it (I think he could be bribed! )

He really wants Lucy though. I would just like some thoughts from other people. Don't worry if you hate it, thats fine, I love it so much I don't care but am just interested in other peoples reactions

I think it is a cats name too tbh

I love it - wanted to call my dd this but she just didn't look like a Tabitha when she was born!

I wanted it too but the cat theory won out!

Love it.

Great name.

Yup, cat and the kid off Bewitched! It is really pretty though.

Lucy wouldn't inspire me. My DD shares a name with one of your daughters, so it's not like I'm opposed to traditional names. I like Tabitha but not sure about the nicknames i.e. Tab. Having said that, you might have seen the thread I started so the same could be said for my current choice.

I really like Tabitha, prefer it to Lucy

Tabitha is ok but I would be worried about nicknames.

fab name, i love it too!

cat's name. like lucy.

If it makes any difference the etymology of Tabby cat and and Tabitha are completely different. Tabitha comes from an Aramaic word meaning gazelle and Tabby (as in cat) comes from the French tabis and and was probably a kind of striped silk.

Lucy Tabitha is pretty.

would not like Tabby or Tab for nnames tho.

I have a Tabitha. It's great. She gets called Tabby at school.

I just don't know of any cats called Tabitha. And people generally give there pets human names. There are loads of dogs called Sam, Ben, Jack etc and all perfectly decent baby names.

I can understand that if it were shortened to Tabby then yes, Tabby Cat but I think there are worse connections with names than cats. After all most people love cats

she has dark hair and is quite feline-featured, slanting almond-shaped eyes

It's quite pretty but immediately says 'cat' to me.

How about Thalia? or Thea?

Lucy is really nice, but very popular

lovely girl down the road has the name Tabitha. They call her Tia for short. It would never occur to me it's a cat name. I do, however, associate it slighty with the old American TV series Bewitched. Lucy is lovely, but Tabitha is more interesting.

Tabitha shortened to Tia is far nicer.

I absolutely love it and would have been my choice if I had wanted more and had a girl.
It's a great name. I like the shortening Tabby too

Love Tabitha. Lucy is a bit blah for me.

love it - would have loved it too but dp vetoed it

Lucy is very bland in comaprison - always picture a rather simpering girl when I hear it to!

Tia is lovely

Tia Maria?

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