Tabitha comes from the Aramaic tabitha (טביתא), meaning "gazelle." In the New Testament Acts 9:36, Tabitha is a disciple in the city of Joppa, known for her good works, who is raised from the dead by the apostle Peter — her Greek name is Dorcas, also meaning "gazelle."
Tabitha was popularised in the 1960s by the TV series Bewitched — where Samantha and Darrin's daughter was named Tabitha. The name peaked at #126 in 1979 and now sits in the U.S. top 700, but is rising again.
Tabitha reduces to six — the number of devoted good works.