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Thoughts on Tabitha please

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Eleta · 03/05/2008 12:30

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

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lemonstartree · 04/05/2008 19:45

lovely lovely name. I would have used it ( or tried to) for a dd; but have 3 ds!

dinny · 04/05/2008 19:51

so pleased how many people love my dd's name! I mean, obviously I love it but had no idea how popular it is.

Tabatha - I so toyed with having an "a" instead of an "i" - really love both!

my sister always says she imagines my Tabitha grown up as an art student with her dark curly hair and blue slanting eyes - BLESS

So want to share her middle name as it is PERFECT with Tabitha but bit identifiable really!

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Paddlechick666 · 04/05/2008 20:12

oooh dinny, i'd love to know the middle name.

am also very pleased that so many people like it.

dd has 2 middle names and they just roll off the tongue. i love her "whole" name as she puts it LOL.

tassisssss · 04/05/2008 20:15

tabitha's lovely

is it biblical? will go look it up...

duchesse · 04/05/2008 20:18

My third's middle name is Tabitha, so obv biased about it.

tassisssss · 04/05/2008 20:19

(a disciple of Jesus, also known as Dorcas, Acts 9. In case anyone's interested...)

Janni · 04/05/2008 20:19

I'd be very surprised if it's biblical, but I'm often proved wrong on MN so I shall watch with interest!

slinkiemalinki · 04/05/2008 20:20

Sorry, I met my first ever Tabatha the other day and thought "cat's name". Don't know why but sorry - I'm with your DH!

Shitemum · 04/05/2008 20:20

Well, I think Tabitha is a cat's name too but I had a cat called Molly so you might as well...

Moosma · 04/05/2008 21:41

I have a Tabetha, we call her Tabby, some call her Tabs which I'm not too keen on. I chose the spelling with an e in the middle so that if she really hates it when she's older she can call herself Beth

PictureThis · 04/05/2008 21:46

Sorry, cats name

EllenJane · 04/05/2008 22:48

Tabitha is my favourite girls' name!

duchesse · 05/05/2008 06:24

I know dogs called Jasper, Sam, Megan, Emma and Oscar. Just because people give their pets people's names don't make them "dogs'names". Ditto Felix (lovely name), Tabitha, etc. Incidentally, is "Jeremy" a frog's name?

CocodeBear · 05/05/2008 08:01

I love Tabitha. Do people think it's a cat's name because you can shorten it to Tabby?

It's lovely. And there are plenty of so-called cat names around that are still nice: Felix, Cleo, Kitty!

kitsmummy · 05/05/2008 08:10

Am 100% in favour of Tabitha and even quite like Tab for short. Lucy is "sweet" but neither interesting nor exciting (sorry to any Lucy parents out there .

Izzywhizzy · 05/05/2008 08:28

Sorry. I think it's a cat's name too. I like Lucy tho'.

ohnelly · 05/05/2008 19:33

Tabitha is a cat. Lucy is really nice

cheesesarnie · 05/05/2008 19:36

i love tabitha.dd has a friend called tabitha.but i also like lucy and im totally bias about molly as thats my dds name.(ds2 calls her doll though!)

WantThisWantThat · 05/05/2008 19:43

My family's girl's name is Tabitha. I have four generation of relatives with the name. My daughter's middle is Tabitha, though I would have loved for her it to be her first.

Rather weirdly some of the older aunts in the family are called Bitha/Bytha, which does sound a bit strange.

WantThisWantThat · 05/05/2008 19:44

My family's girl's name is Tabitha. I have four generation of relatives with the name. My daughter's middle is Tabitha, though I would have loved for her it to be her first.

Rather weirdly some of the older aunts in the family are called Bitha/Bytha, which does sound a bit strange.

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Cecy · 05/05/2008 23:53

I have a four yr old Tabitha, so obviously I love it. One of her middle names is Lucy(my husband wanted it for a first name too).
People do try to call her Tabby or even Tabs, but she usually corrects them herself .

Alishanty · 06/05/2008 11:39

My cat is called Tabitha. It is a lovely name though.

Katsh · 06/05/2008 11:54

My middle dd is Tabitha, and we and she love it. She shortenend it to "Taba" when she was little, and that has stuck within the family. She is only called "Tabby" by one cousin and she adores him and likes it when he calls her that. A few people gave us the Cat comment when she was named, but very quickly the name becomes identified with the person and no-one thinks of any other connection. Go for it!