TALITHA

I have had numerous questions about Talitha’s name originality.  So I think, it is justified to have related post in here now .

The Truth is …. John and I never thought about any name in particular  even though we knew we were expecting a girl back then. When she finally arrived …. We took almost 5 days to decide on a name and we never knew choosing a name can be ermmm ….. quite tedious. Of course, thats what everyone is going to address her ! Out of so many thousands of beautiful names …. selecting  just 1 ? I leave you to ponder . The parents will get what i mean. Yeah we just wanted ONE name.  Something unique, sharp, sweet , defining ,catchy, meaningful and easy… of course easy … considering the many races we have here in Singapore , We wanted to do her a favour by choosing a name less likely to be mispronounced. Of course the above criteria in selecting a name is what almost all parents will think of . We were not any different.

So the search went on ….. Co incidently, we always arrowed down a name starting with ” T ” and for myself in particular ..I always  liked names of  Hebrew, Greek and Sanskrit  origin . Not  against of our Tamil names.  We have got fantastic names and wonderful meaning ones too .  Its all a matter of preference and tastes.

Finally, We saw ” TALITHA”. It got into our grey matter almost instantly. Here what she means,

TALITHA

Is a name of  Hebrew/Aramaic Origin

It simply means : Maiden , Child

It comes along in a  phrase spoken by Jesus the Christ of Nazareth which is  Talitha Cumi so Yes … it exists in the Bible too . In specific in the New Testament.

Mark 5:41

And taking the hand of the child, he said to her, “Talitha kum”, which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”. (ref erence Wikipedia)

After selecting the name … We also came to know it is,

The traditional star name of two stars in the URSA MAJOR Constellation.

So yeap … That is the exact meaning of  my Bunny girl .  I hope i have had enlightened the many who would always asked me in surprise  when they hear her name