Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name Tabitha

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Tabitha NamePopularityRelated NamesRelatedRatingsCommentsNamesakes 79%Ratingadd to your listSave Gender Feminine Usage English, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1] Scripts Ταβιθά(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /ˈtæb.ɪ.θə/(English) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the New Testament was a woman restored to life by Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as Dorcas (see Acts 9:36). As an English name, Tabitha became common after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.

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Family Tree·Details VariantTabatha(English) DiminutivesTabby, Tibby(English) Other Languages & CulturesTabita(Biblical Latin) Tabea(German)

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Details Last ranked #279 in 2024 England and Wales Last ranked #930 in 2016 United States

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g5000, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g5000.
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