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Help[Opinions] Tabitha for a boy?
I was visiting with the cats that were up for adoption at the pet store today, and I noticed that the name of one of the cats was Tabitha. I thought that they might have made a mistake because the sign said that Tabitha was male. Strangely enough, I heard an employee talking to someone who was interesting in adopting Tabitha, and she confirmed that Tabitha was in fact male. I was a bit shocked that whoever named him didn't realize that Tabitha is a feminine name. I guess with all the human girls named Madison, Emerson, Ryan, etc. nowadays, it's a bit surprising. Someone has finally used a girly name for a boy (cat). At least he has no idea that he has a feminine name.
This message was edited 7/13/2006, 7:17 PM
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Probably, whoever named him Tabitha had thought that he was a girl. They probably realized that he was a boy after a while, but I'm guessing that the name stuck. :)
Horrible boys name!
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Horrible boys name!
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I don't see anything wrong with it.
I think it's quite cute. I want to call our next cat Boris, regardless of it's sex. I see pets as an excellent opportunity to use any name you want. I think it would be rather amusing to see a big, butch tom called Annabelle or a little dainty female called Trevor, you know, an owner calls for 'Annabelle' and, instead of the little, white fluffball that you expect, a huge, obviously masculine, tabby comes in. It's a cat, it's not like he's going to get teased by the other moggies for being called Tabitha.
I used to call our male cat (Smudge) Smegalina and it didn't bother him.
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I think it's quite cute. I want to call our next cat Boris, regardless of it's sex. I see pets as an excellent opportunity to use any name you want. I think it would be rather amusing to see a big, butch tom called Annabelle or a little dainty female called Trevor, you know, an owner calls for 'Annabelle' and, instead of the little, white fluffball that you expect, a huge, obviously masculine, tabby comes in. It's a cat, it's not like he's going to get teased by the other moggies for being called Tabitha.
I used to call our male cat (Smudge) Smegalina and it didn't bother him.
*formulates plans to call her future cats Godzilla (f) and Princess (m)*
~Louise x
Charles Frederick & Isabel Primrose
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Never, ever, EVER name a male, 21st century human child Tabitha.
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Don't worry. I'm not planning on using the name for either gender. Tabitha is a cat (and not mine).
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It's a cat. What does it matter?
I don't like the name for a cat (it seems too easy), whatever its sex, but I don't see what's so apalling about it. But then, the kind of names I choose for pets are always kind of silly, so Tabby-the-Tom kind of appeals to me.
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I don't like the name for a cat (it seems too easy), whatever its sex, but I don't see what's so apalling about it. But then, the kind of names I choose for pets are always kind of silly, so Tabby-the-Tom kind of appeals to me.
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Agree.
I wish I hadn't been so stubborn with giving my female cat a male name....Magellan is much cooler than Maggie. :-)
And Tabby-the-Tom is so cute!
I wish I hadn't been so stubborn with giving my female cat a male name....Magellan is much cooler than Maggie. :-)
And Tabby-the-Tom is so cute!
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No! Ahh!
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Ditto.
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Oh, god, no, no, no!!!
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My Aunty's cat is named Tabitha (shes a tabby cat) and a girl. Hopefully the person who buys this cat will name him somthing more masculin, just hope that the previous owners don't have any children coz maybe they have a son named Elizabeth and a daughter named Donald lol
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Nope, I can't see Tabitha being suitable for a male at all. It's so feminine.
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No way!!
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Hell, why not? I find it quite annoying that people will happily say that James or Dylan or Kieran for a girl is lovely but any girls name or unisex name for a boy is horrible! I think its pretty stupid.
I dont like Tabitha for male or female but there are a few girls names that i like for boys!
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I dont like Tabitha for male or female but there are a few girls names that i like for boys!
~~* BEX *~~
Sally - Upset that the world cup is over, still sitting, waiting and wishing that it was still on.
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When I first saw the title of this post I thought, wow... someone wants to name their son Tabitha. I'm glad it was just a cat :)
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My goodness! No! LOL
Maybe they made a mistake and thought he was a girl when they named him? Tabitha...I don't like it on girls but it's awful on boys! LOL poor kitty.
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Maybe they made a mistake and thought he was a girl when they named him? Tabitha...I don't like it on girls but it's awful on boys! LOL poor kitty.
Loving wife to Jack
Daughter to Paddy and Cait
Sister to Finn, Con and Muirgen
Mummy to Isaac, Oliver, Jay, Beth, William, Alexandria, Ruby, Lucas and ONE-ON-THE-WAY!!!
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