as a First Name
Aramaic name, meaning ‘doe’ or ‘roe’, borne in the New Testament by a woman who was restored to life by St Peter (Acts 9:36–41). In the biblical account this form of the name is given together with its Greek equivalent, Dorcas. It was one of the names much favoured by Puritans and Dissenters from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
| 774th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 43,227
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 53,583
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Tabitha per capita
- 1978
- marked the height of its popularity
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36%
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