Tabitha

Tabitha is an English language feminine given name, derived from an Aramaic word טביתא ṭabītā that means gazelle. Cf. Hebrew צְבִיָּה (Tzviya). It is a biblical name from Acts 9:36, which in the original Greek was Ταβιθά, in which Tabitha (Dorcas in Greek) is a woman raised from the dead by Saint Peter. Other alternate spellings include Tabytha, Tabahta, Tabathina and Tabea. Nicknames include Tab, Tabbi, Tabby, Tibby and Tabs.
The name was common in 18th century New England, and of those born between 1718 and 1745, ranked about 31st as most common female given names, about 0.56% of the population. The name gained a resurgence in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, when it was ranked among the 200 most popular names for girls. The character Tabitha Stephens, a child witch on the 1960s television situation comedy Bewitched, raised the profile of the name. It has since declined in popularity. In 2009 it was the 647th most popular name for girls in the United States. The name was the 209th most popular name for girls in England and Wales in 2007.
Tabitha is rare as a surname.

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Fem. proper name, from Late Latin, from Greek Tabitha, from Aramaic (Semitic) tabhyetha, emphatic of tabhya "gazelle," which is related to Hebrew tzebhi (fem. tzebhiyyah), Arabic zaby.

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Gazelle, beauty, grace.

Tabatha, Tab

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Tabitha King	1949	American writer
2	Tabitha Stevens	1970	American pornographic actress
3	Tabitha Soren	1967	American television journalist
4	Tabitha St. Germain	1976	Canadian voice actress
5	Tabitha Lenox
6	Tabitha Lupien	1988	Canadian actress
7	Tabitha Nauser	1992	Singaporean musician
8	Tabitha Wady	1976	British actress
9	Tabitha Babbitt	1779	American tool maker
10	Tabitha Suzuma	1975	British writer
11	Tabitha Karanja	1964	Kenyan businesswoman
12	Tabitha Fringe Chase	1977	American activist
13	Tabitha Brown	1780	American pioneer
14	Tabitha Yim	1985
15	Tabitha Peterson	1989	American curler
16	Tabitha Gilman Tenney	1762	Author
17	Rena Tabitha	1979
18	Tabitha Love	1991	Canadian volleyball player
19	Tabitha Lemaire
20	Tabitha Ann Holton		American lawyer
21	Kanaya Tabitha
22	Tabitha Tsatsa	1972	Zimbabwean marathon runner
23	Tabita Chawinga	1996	Malawian footballer
24	Tabitha Sybil Quaye		Ghanaian politician
25	Tabitha Tay	1991
26	Tabitha Vinten	1947	Danish actress
27	Tabitha Daniel