Tabitha or Paloma?

[Bairns]

Evening!

I have two daughters: Matilda & Jemima.

Which of these names would you name their baby sister who is due later this year? Both names go well with our surname.

Matilda, Jemima & Tabitha

or

Matilda, Jemima & Paloma

Struggling for nicknames for Paloma, but have lots for Tabitha. Our daughters are called by their full names by our/ their friends. Although Matilda does get Tilda/Tildy at home and Jemima gets Jemi/Jem.

Any other suggestions? We would like another 3 syllable name that ends in ‘a’.

TIA xx

They called her Marigold and hoped she would 😁

I prefer Tabitha to Paloma with your other names although do like other posters suggestions of Louisa and Lydia too.

I’m not a fan of marigold as a name

Tabitha Cecily
Tabitha Willow
Tabitha Wren
Tabitha Aurora
Tabitha Hazel
Tabitha Lily
Tabitha Seren
Tabitha Dahlia
Tabitha Sylvia
Tabitha Pearl
Tabitha Dawn
Tabitha Laurel
Tabitha Felicity

edited to add- just saw a pp suggestion of Tabitha Florence which I think goes really well

Tabby or Bitta?? 😂😂😂

Sybil or Sybilla?

Talitha could also work as an alternative to Tabitha

Both gorgeous names op.

Bitta what? Cake? 😂

Tabitha Violet

Bitta bitty? ( That's a David Walliams reference).

Tabitha.

Paloma comes across as more Spanish than your other names.

It also ends with -ma, like Jemima, so you'd have a matchy pair and one left out.

Marigold and Melody both feel quite retro to me (Marigold to the 20’s/30’s and Melody to the 60’s/70’s). Have you considered looking in your family tree for something with similar vibes but a more personal link to you?

If not, I love pp suggestion of Tabitha Beatrice - feels a bit more timeless.
Or Tabitha Imogen or Tabitha Florence?

I agree with pp that Jemima and Tabitha is too much Beatrix Potter! I don’t like the name Paloma, but the emphasis on the middle syllable flows well with the other girls’ names.

Delilah
Ophelia
Serena
Alicia
Leonie
Christina
Catriona
Simona

I prefer Talitha rather than Tabitha ( reminds me of a cat) could by Tali for short

I like Tabitha Beatrice. I don't really like Marigold with the other fruity/flowery names, Clementine and Primrose. It sounds a bit like a farm shop - a bit overly "themed."🍊💐🏵

It goes with Paloma ok, but I think is a very different style of name from Jemima and Matilda, and I don't think it really sits with them all that well.

Paloma is lovely but Tabitha 'fits' better with your style of names.
How about:
Agatha
Talitha
Camilla
Isadora

Although personally I would go for Polly, Abigail or Caroline - similar vibe without being too matchy with your other names.

Agree with this but do like previous suggestions of Allegra and Lucinda too.

Lucinda works - another Beatrix Potter name!

For a nature-inspired middle name for Tabitha:
Tabitha Laurel
Tabitha Willow
Tabitha Robyn
Tabitha Paloma
Tabitha Cecily
Tabitha Rue
Tabitha Delphine
Tabitha Violet
Tabitha Daphne
Tabitha Fern

Tabitha a thousand times over!

Im biased as I have a Tabitha but think its a lovely name, mine is a Tabby (we are cat mad which is why we picked it!)

I like Paloma better on its own but Tabitha goes better with the other two.

Very Beatrix Potter vibes.

I can see with your other daughter's names that you have gone with the nature type names for second names and Marigold is pretty but I think have been inclined towards a no fuss name with Tabitha e.g Tabitha Joan.

A two-syllable middle name would be better than 1 or 3. Heather?

Hazel?