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[Opinions] Tabitha
Thoughts on Tabitha?
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I think Tabitha sounds extremely bratty. I can't think of Tabitha without thinking of "Bratitha" immediately. Any time I see an annoying girl, I refer to her in my head as "Bratitha." So many Bratithas on a daily basis.Tabitha is out of the question for me. Talitha is so much prettier, anyway.

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I like it: good Beatrix Potter associations and a pleasant look and sound. The only problem I've got with it is that it shortens naturally to Tabby, which is rather too feline for me - though I'd shorten Katharine to Kitty without hesitation! Go figure.Anyway, for actual use I prefer Talitha, with its strongly feminist associations.
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I love it as well--especially how "itha" shrouds the entire name into a veil of mystique.
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Tabitha is lovely. I slightly prefer Talitha, and the nicknames Talia and Tally.
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One of the few 'dated' names I really like. Tabitha just sounds so nice and appealing, bit feisty, really fun to say too.
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I love Tabitha!
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Love it. It's used in one my favorite sibling sets - Susannah, Tabitha, Rebekah, Samuel and Miriam.
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It's kind of pretty and not overly common, but I'm neutral to it.
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Meh it's alright. It has that dated yet delightful feel to it. Slightly hideous but at that same time, not entirely. If that makes sense. There's a similar name that I absolute love and prefer over Tabitha and that's Talitha. A beautiful alternative that I wish was more known.
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I want to like it -- I love the meaning! -- but the name feels so stale to me. Talitha and Tacita, on other hand, completely enchant me.
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I like it, but would only use it for a mn.
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I LOVE Tabitha! Somehow to me both humble and mysterious, cute and sophisticated. The nickname Tabby is charming. Wish my FI liked it more.
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I love it. It's just charming. I would love to see it used more often. But come to think of it, I did at one time have a co-worker named Tabatha. Bit of an unfortunate spelling IMO.
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It's so cute! I love the nickname Tabby too. It is too low on my list to ever be a serious consideration but I would so love to see it on someone else.
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Wow I just noticed...how much Tabitha has been falling :O Never expected this, I thought it was in the 200s or 300s or something but it is almost out of the top 1000.
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It's not bad. Kind of comical somehow; it was the exact perfect name for the little girl in Bewitched.
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