Tabatha

  • [ TAB-a-thə ]
  • English
Variant of TABITHA.

TABITHA   female   English, Biblical, Biblical Greek
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.
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Tabitha
BIBLICAL LATIN: Tabita
BIBLICAL: Tabitha
ENGLISH: Tabitha
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Tabby, Tibby
GERMAN: Tabea