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I still think of it as a cat's name because my friend's cat is called Tabitha so I really really can't see it on a human thanks to that which is a shame because it's a lovely (if dated) name

I love Tabitha. It's one of our front-runners if we have a girl in the future. I love the cat associations, and if I had a daughter named Tabitha, her middle name would probably be Catherine just so I could call her Tabby Cat as a nn. I think of Beatrix Potter, but I don't see that as a bad thing. I don't find it dated at all. I always imagine Tabitha as someone who loves gardening and has a green thumb for some reason, someone who loves to sing and has pretty blonde hair.

Old-fashioned is not a negative thing for me. So yes, I do find Tabitha old-fashioned, but that’s a good thing. Tabby is indeed a cute nn. Definitely think it’s a good name.

This message was edited 7/8/2018, 7:58 PM

I definitely don't consider it old-fashioned; it actually feels very 70s to me. I've never cared for it.

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Talitha, however, I adore.

I’ve known a few girls my age (I’m in my late 20’s) with the name so I don’t see it as old-fashioned. Considering the fact I had to look up Tabitha Twitchit, I don’t think the association is too strong, or at least where I live.

I don't think it's old-fashioned at all. It's more heavily associated with the 70s/80s than the turn of the century, so it comes off as more recently dated. I still like it, though.

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I'm familiar with Beatrix Potter's works (at least some of them have been translated into Portuguese). I think I might have read at one of the books with Tabitha Twitchit in English. I don't know if any of them have been translated into Portuguese - I have yet to find one. I only recall seeing Bewitched once or twice, although I do know what it's about.

This message was edited 7/8/2018, 8:49 AM

I know it's a very old Biblical name, but it feels very seventies/eighties to me. I think my strongest association is the character on Bewitched, which probably contributed to making the name so popular a generation or so ago.
Tabby is an awful nn; it would be lame even for a cat, and to be honest, Tabitha itself really sounds like a cat name, the kind of cat name somebody'd pick thinking they were being clever.

I like it vaguely. It's warm.

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I don't associate it with any characters. I never read Beatrix Potter or watched Bewitched. I've only met one Tabitha and she was born in the mid/late 1980s.

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To me, it brings to mind 70s style clothing, amber tones, stripes, and names like: Sabrina, Tamara, Cynthia, Theresa, Bithiah, Tara, Bethany, Angela.

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I tend to think of orange tabby cats when I hear 'tabby', and the Tabitha I knew had auburn hair and brown eyes, so maybe that's why the color association is so strong to me. It does kind of make me think of witches/paganism/nature. I'd call it retro and established rather than old-fashioned.

I adore Tabitha, and I’ve actually been thinking about her a lot recently; I really like Beatrix and Tabitha as a sibset haha. I find her a little difficult to describe, but I have quite a strong impression of her. She’s very fun, bubbly, and energetic, the sort of person who’s always smiling and laughing, wanting everyone to be happy. I think she’d be quite relaxed and chill too, not one to make a big fuss out of nothing. She’s a touch nature and tomboyish as well. I also love Tabby as a nn, as well as Kitty, Tibby, and Abby.

I love Cousin Tabitha Twitchit! And the only vibe I get from the name is Tabby, as in, Stripey Cat. I like it, but not enough to use. And I prefer Talitha for its absence of feline associations and its feminist vibe! In 19th-century England, women applied the biblical phrase 'Talitha, cumi' to their own quest for civil rights, and it became widely used as a motto for women's groups, schools, colleges etc.

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But that means you lose out on Tabby. My husband's aunt was known in the family as Bunny, but her husband sometimes called her Tabby instead. And since her given names were Molly Esme, he clearly just used it because he liked it, and her.

I agree with the Graceful and classy while both fun and witchy descriptions - so the name bears a wonderful heritage--including from the magical child from the old TV Show Bewitched. I have a friend in her twenties by this name--and she loves it - and bears it well. Tabs is another affectionate nickname.

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Although she does not use the nickname Beth - I do not find it a stretch to apply it: if she likes it that is.

This message was edited 7/8/2018, 3:59 AM

I like it a lot.