Too feline?

[Ceebo]

Can I use Tabitha as a girls name or is it only suitable for a cat?

Course you can use it , its fab, one of my
favourite girls names

I love it. I think it's a beautiful name. Yes, it's commonly used for cats, but it's still really nice for a girl/woman. If I was having a girl I'd certainly want it on the list.

I love it. I think it's a beautiful name. Yes, it's commonly used for cats, but it's still really nice for a girl/woman. If I was having a girl I'd certainly want it on the list.

I don't associate Tabitha with cats at all. I think it's a lovely gentle sounding name.
When my sis wanted to call her son Casper 20+ years ago that was a different thing entirely- visions of one of those scowly white windowsill furballs!

yes you can use it an di love that name but to be honest as soon as i saw the title of this thread i thought it will either be felix or tabitha. I love the name tabitha but infortunatley people do associate it with cats, that's their lookout though not yours xx

I think its lovely
ppl dont use it as much now for cats as they did id say? I think your dd's friends your family and friends will all think of her when they hear the name never a cat!

Sorry but I don't like it at all, and think "cat" straight away.

I love it and would use it like a shot. Dd would have been one if dh had allowed.

I hate Tabitha. Not only too feline, but too witchy. I thought you were going to say Felix, which I love.

sorry, I don't like it. I agree with diplodoris

I'm with Diplodoris too. I really dislike the name and wouldn't use it for a human,though I'm aware that many do.

It's my DDs middle name. Needless to say I love it

I have 5 cats (and have cremated/buried 5 more), and have never had one called Tabitha . Doesn't sound like a cat name to me.

BUT rather spookily there was a little girl at playgroup only today called Tabitha and I commented how lovely and unusual it was. I think it's very nice... could be Bibi as a NN if you were concerned about Tabby...

Lovely name. I love Dinah too. I have nothing against cats either..

what's wrong with cats? Do people worry about the name Kitty too? It's a lovely name.

Not too bothered by the cat association, but find the name very 'English' and difficult to pronounce in most other languages (who don't pronounce the 'th').

I'd never heard of it connected with cats until I read this thread! But it does make me think of 'Bewitched', but in a good way - I like it a lot.

There are lots of names used for children now that I associate with horses - but they are lovely names which you identify the child with when you get used to (if it needs getting used to).

It seems a shame to waste some lovely names on pets only - go for it if you like it and don't bother what it might be associated with in the minds of other people.

Unless it's Tiddles. That would be a bit odd.

i like it, it is a cat's name but then I also like felix...and I like rufus even though it is clearly a dog's name