Meaning and background
The story behind Tabitha
Tabitha is an English given name passed down from an Aramaic word meaning “gazelle”. In the New Testament it belongs to a woman also called Dorcas in Greek, a historical naming connection rather than a suggestion of a dog’s qualities. The name has three syllables and supports the shorter familiar form Tabby.
- Origin
- From Aramaic for “gazelle”; biblical name equivalent to Greek Dorcas. Source
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About Tabitha
Recorded as a dog’s name
Tabitha appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/tæbɪθə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/tæbɪθə/ · primary stress on syllable 1T AE1 B IH0 TH AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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