Libby, Tabby?

[plumpvelvet]

Tabitha (Tabby) vs Elizabeth (Libby)
Which one do you prefer?
I should probably also add that Tabitha would go by either Tabitha or Tabby but the latter would probably only be Libby as Elizabeth sounds too formal for my taste, however I would give the full name so she'd have options in the future.

Tabby! I have a little Tabitha and love it.

Tabitha, I absolutely love it and had it on shortlist for dd. Elizabeth/Libby is nice, but not as interesting as Tabitha/Tabby to me.

Tabitha is such a gorgeous name.

I like both

I thought this was a cat post. Please don’t call your poor child Tabby

I used to date a Tabitha. Known as Tibs to her friends.
Love the name.

Tabitha is one of my favourite names. I think Tabby is gorgeous. Cat association? No problem!
DD went to school with a Tabby and afaik she didn't have any bullying nicknames.

I love Tabby as a Nick name , and Tabby Cat is fine too as a cute name for Tabitha
a friend has a DD Katherine , and her Nick name is Kit Kat
Mind you , Libby is good too

I knew a Tabitha but she got called Tibby-which I still love!

It’s a cat

I have a Libby (Elizabeth) very close to me. Although she is an official Elizabeth she’s has only ever been know by family & friends as Libby. She chooses in her now grown up and professional life to be an Elizabeth sometimes.

I thought Libby was a nickname for Elisabeth (with an S rather than a Z). I have worked with 3 women called Libby over the years and they all spelled their full name Elisabeth.

Given that Libby doesn't have an S or a Z, what difference would that make?

Tabitha is quirky sounding and cute and I like it a lot (possibly as I like names that remind me of cats - I like similar Claudia, Perdita, Katia etc too).

But I kind of feel you need to be equally fun or interesting or a vibrant personality to suit a name like Tabitha best - whereas an Elizabeth could be anyone (in a good way). It’s one of those very classic, timeless, international “can’t go wrong names” that people have heard of/known so many over the years (in pop culture and otherwise) that no one has an opinion positively or negatively of the name. There can be a lot of benefits to a name like that.

As more of a wallflower myself, I think I’d play it safe for a DD and go for Elizabeth (although personally I prefer the full version rather than Libby, although similar Zibby is quite cute and obviously she is spoiled for choice for nn with Elizabeth ). But I can see how adorable a Tabitha could be …. it’s that Bewitched imagery.

Tabitha, brilliant name.

Tabitha - nn Tibby or Tabby.

Elizabeth has far too many nicknames that might stick instead of Libby.
Liz, Lizzie, Beth, Betsy, Bette...

Absolutely love Tabitha, I think Elizabeth is still way too popular and doesn’t sound that pretty to my ears.

I wouldn’t go with either Tabby or Libby though just because of the sound of them, I like Tabitha in full and Eliza or Liza for Elizabeth.

Me too! She loves tabby .... literally never thought of Tubby in the 17 years she's been here!

I like Tabitha - not a fan of Tabby. Tibby is sweet though.

I’d probably go for that - Elizabeth is great but there are a lot of them, plus all the Elsas and Elizas

Tabitha

Elizabeth has more nickname potential; Lizzie, Liz, Elizabeth, Beth, Libby & Eliza.

I wanted to call one of our DD’s Tabitha but DH said no because of cats. I love cats so didn’t mind the association, people will maybe call her Tabby cat though, depends if that bothers you! Elizabeth is also lovely but she might decide she prefers Lizzie to Libby?

Both cute.
I prefer Elizabeth.
Do you like ..
Liberty

Katherine - Kitty
Thomasina -Tina

I adore Libby, and would have considered it for our DD but DH didn’t like it. But contrary to Mumsnet opinion, I think if you only plan to use the nickname, just call her by the nickname, especially if the first initial is different. Schools/nurseries used the first initial a lot (e.g a Tom might have a ‘train’ on his peg, Sarah a ‘sun’ etc.). We loved a nickname form of a name with a different first initial and just called her the short version. She’s only a baby but I haven’t regretted it. We gave her a long middle name with lots of shortenings so she'd have options.