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And 'Talitha, cumi' was widely used in the late 19th century by the esrly feminists. In the Bible, the idea seems to be to illustrate the extent of Jesus's compassion - a Roman soldier, and they were the occupying force and generally hated, asked him to heal his daughter, and Jesus agreed. When they got to the house, they found her dead, but the words 'Talitha, cumi' (Aramaic for Little girl, get up) revived her. So it became a feminist slogan, and girls' schools, nursing colleges etc took it as their name. As did some humans, and still do. I far prefer it to Tabitha and would like to use it IRL.