Tabitha Forename
Approximately 257,233 people bear this name
Tabitha Forename Definition:
A female name. the Aramaic equivalent of Dorcas (q.v.) ‘roe’ or ‘gazelle’. Both names are given in Acts ix for the charitable woman who was raised up by St Peter. Tabitha, like Dorcas, was common in the 17th C, and continued in use in the 18th and early 19th C.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 66,890 | 1:692 | 131 |
| United States | 100% | 47,782 | 1:7,587 | 914 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 45,156 | 1:256 | 53 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 42,913 | 1:4,138 | 719 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 20,806 | 1:2,537 | 484 |
| Malawi | 100% | 6,409 | 1:2,670 | 493 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 3,009 | 1:5,126 | 783 |
| Uganda | 99% | 2,830 | 1:14,472 | 1,303 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,977 | 1:6,878 | 1,065 |
| England | 100% | 1,805 | 1:30,805 | 1,718 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,798 | 1:15,009 | 1,261 |
| India | 100% | 1,613 | 1:753,179 | 53,764 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,420 | 1:23,333 | 2,010 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,344 | 1:16,079 | 1,587 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1,068 | 1:69,127 | 4,069 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,047 | 1:16,143 | 1,681 |
| Australia | - | 874 | 1:15,627 | 1,209 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 800 | 1:322,455 | 27,483 |
| South Africa | 100% | 700 | 1:77,904 | 6,904 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 544 | 1:14,986 | 1,498 |
| Zambia | - | 374 | 1:42,392 | 2,829 |
| Germany | 100% | 299 | 1:323,337 | 4,074 |
| Philippines | 100% | 247 | 1:429,188 | 15,016 |
| Brazil | 100% | 209 | 1:1,025,053 | 26,714 |
| Congo | 99% | 190 | 1:26,364 | 2,495 |
| New Zealand | - | 183 | 1:24,787 | 1,789 |
| Haiti | 100% | 162 | 1:66,216 | 4,139 |
| Namibia | - | 104 | 1:23,117 | 1,994 |
| Wales | 100% | 81 | 1:38,201 | 1,528 |
| Denmark | - | 75 | 1:75,327 | 2,446 |
| Belgium | 100% | 72 | 1:159,584 | 4,384 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 68 | 1:447,793 | 20,200 |
| Jamaica | - | 66 | 1:43,685 | 2,602 |
| Liberia | 100% | 64 | 1:68,938 | 3,318 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 61 | 1:33,443 | 3,796 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 57 | 1:23,885 | 2,685 |
| Thailand | 100% | 49 | 1:1,429,915 | 45,761 |
| Romania | 100% | 47 | 1:426,638 | 12,060 |
| Scotland | 100% | 46 | 1:116,312 | 2,597 |
| Guyana | 100% | 44 | 1:17,347 | 2,240 |
| Singapore | 100% | 40 | 1:157,176 | 8,073 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 37 | 1:221,986 | 4,956 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 29 | 1:6,132 | 984 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 27 | 1:1,285 | 317 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 22 | 1:835,430 | 24,552 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 22 | 1:1,048,906 | 30,569 |
| Mexico | 100% | 21 | 1:5,911,639 | 22,154 |
| Austria | 100% | 17 | 1:500,835 | 4,712 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Sweden | 100% | 16 | 1:616,119 | 14,675 |
| China | - | 15 | 1:91,070,385 | 64,310 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| France | 100% | 13 | 1:5,113,103 | 20,531 |
| Israel | 100% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Benin | 100% | 12 | 1:881,320 | 23,430 |
| Chile | 100% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Peru | 100% | 10 | 1:3,179,145 | 27,401 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Italy | 100% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Czechia | - | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Russia | - | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Spain | 100% | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Tábitha (5), Tabithá (1) & Tabítha (1) are calculated separately.
Tabitha (2,424) may also be a surname.
Tabitha Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the Aramaic equivalent of Dorcas (q.v.) ‘roe’ or ‘gazelle’. Both names are given in Acts ix for the charitable woman who was raised up by St Peter. Tabitha, like Dorcas, was common in the 17th C, and continued in use in the 18th and early 19th C.
In C20, it is considered very ‘Victorian,’ this, one of the names of the widow of Joppa. It derives from either Aramaic (‘a gazelle’) or Syriac (‘clear-sighted’). Yonge.
A female name, derived from טביחא, Tabitha, the Aramæean name of a Christian female = Hebrew zebia, a gazelle, and rendered in Greek by Δορκάς. Calmet, who translates the name ‘wild goat or kid,’ says the Syriac word tabitha signifies ‘clear-sighted.’
Hebrew (feminine) - Gazelle-eyed.
Tab'-e-thah, clear-sighted. Also called Dorcas. A pious woman who resided at Joppa. Acts ix. 36. She was raised from death by St Peter.
Meaning: a gazelle.
A Aramaic name, meaning: The graceful gazelle. (Syrian) Gazelle.
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