Believe it or not: there is a little Steiff kitty which came with the name Tabby and tabby she is and she sits close to my bed. All my real life kitties started to think she is the same as they are and had to go real close and sniff her before they knew.
Tabby is now over 50 years old and her fur is not as shiny and long as it used to be- but this is the same for me I was never allowed to have a kitten when I was a kid - but there was Tabby