Meaning of name Tabitha

The names of some famous persons by the name Tabitha (or its variants) are:

Tabitha Moffatt Brown, born on 1 May, a famous emigrant. Tabitha Moffatt Brown's background: An American pioneer emigrant who traveled the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Country. There she assisted in the founding of Tualatin Academy, which would grow to become Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Brown was honored in 1987 by the Oregon Legislature as the 'Mother of Oregon

Tabitha Soren, born on 19 August, a famous reporter. Tabitha Soren's background: A former reporter for MTV News. She is perhaps best known as the public face for MTV's 'Choose or Lose' campaign designed to inspire young people to vote. As a minor note of pre-MTV fame, Soren was a 19-year-old college student when she appeared in a 1987 video for '(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)' by the Beastie Boys while studying at New York University.