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Tabatha

Tabatha: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gazelle”
Origin
Aramaic
Say it
TAB-uh-thuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Variant spelling of Tabitha, from Aramaic. The biblical Tabitha appears in the New Testament and is translated as Dorcas in Greek.

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How popular is Tabatha?

20243.3 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tabatha in 202411

Peak year1983

Total US babies since 188019,398

Tabatha is fading: recent use is about 32% of its level ten years before.

Names like Tabatha

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Tabatha questions

What does the name Tabatha mean?

Tabatha means "gazelle". It comes from Aramaic. Variant spelling of Tabitha, from Aramaic. The biblical Tabitha appears in the New Testament and is translated as Dorcas in Greek.

Is Tabatha a boy or girl name?

Tabatha is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tabatha?

11 US babies were named Tabatha in 2024. Its peak year was 1983.

How do you pronounce Tabatha?

Tabatha is usually pronounced TAB-uh-thuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.