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

lol, long gone are the days I attract any sort of letching. I'm just jealous!!

Fab name.

I like Tabitha, we had a cat called Lucy when I was little!

Have only read OP but I love it!

ah, Hatrick I have Facebooked you our address...

yes, I used to get Juicy Lucy all the time, soooo annoying

er, loving how much everyone loves the name Tabitha, but please don't let it get really popular

and Tabby is not grubby at all - what are you oj about?

My sister was going to call her daughter (who never was - she had 2 boys and stopped there!) Tabitha. At first I didn't like it but it is a real grower and I think it is lovely now. Go for it!!! Good for your DH to give in at last. Lucy far too dull....

I like it, also like variations Tabita and Tabata.

agree with your dh. Tabitha = cat.

Go with Lucy

of course, Lucia is the best name ever though.

My nan used to call me tabitha so I think it is lovely. I am yet to come across a cat called Tabitha tbh (and i work for a big pet charity!)

Love it, but I also love Lucy (my name )

I've always loved the name Tabitha. There's a Tabitha Twitchett in Beatrix Potter, which is perhaps where the association with cats comes from, but so what? All her charachters have 'proper' names, such as Peter and, er, Tommy... or something. Anyway, I hope you use it. It's gorgeous.

Well I have a 2.5yr old Tabitha so of course I love it.

I get occasional comments about Bewitched but none feline related so far. Pretty much anyone who comments says what a lovely/unusual name.

I thought I'd call her Tabby but actually she is Tabitha and that's that. Now she's getting her own friends etc there is a bit more Tab or Tabby happening.

Occasionally she gets mispronounced as TaBEEtha or TaBEEta which I quite like actually.

lol @ tearinghairout, my main nick for dd is Mrs Twitchett and she has a china figurine of the character in her room.

Keep working on your DH as it is really a lovely name.

Johnny Vaughan has a Tabitha too!!! (Random fact! )

I find it a bit Beatrix Potter

My ex boss had a Tabitha and a Jemima which I found very BP

I did meet a fab little girl called Tabby though who changed my mind a bit

I love Tabitha. Would consider it for this pregnancy if two friends had not already used it for their DDs.

Love the name Tabitha. Lucy doesn't float my boat.

I really like Tabitha.

Paddle, yes, my dd gets mispronounced as Tabit-ha sometimes too. And we used to call her Miss Twitchett

now she is at school she is known to everyone as Tabby, it's a really lovely shortening, I think

I love the name Tabitha, bewitched was my favourite programme when I was I kid... btw I had 2 cats growing up called Tabitha and Lucy!

Tabitha is a great name. It's classy and cool at the same time. I think the cat connotations are daft. Felix is a cat's name but it's still super cool.

Lucy is fine but it's just so 'ordinary' and, in my book, on a par with Sarah and Helen: nice, plain, safe and....boring.

It's OK. My cousin called her daughter this last year. I just hate Tabby. Cruel to inflict that on a child...

If you're in the mumsnet group on facebook then you might notice that there's an MNer called Tabatha .

It's a fabulous name, and those who say that it will get shortened are talking out of their backsides. It needn't be if she doesn't want it to be.

My very close friends shorten it to Tab or Tabs sometimes, but never in writing.

I love Tabitha. I love Lucy too, my dd is a Lucy, (definitely not a simpering one) but she's 23, it does seem to have become a lot more popular now than it was when she was born.