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I love Cousin Tabitha Twitchit! And the only vibe I get from the name is Tabby, as in, Stripey Cat. I like it, but not enough to use. And I prefer Talitha for its absence of feline associations and its feminist vibe! In 19th-century England, women applied the biblical phrase 'Talitha, cumi' to their own quest for civil rights, and it became widely used as a motto for women's groups, schools, colleges etc.

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But that means you lose out on Tabby. My husband's aunt was known in the family as Bunny, but her husband sometimes called her Tabby instead. And since her given names were Molly Esme, he clearly just used it because he liked it, and her.