Given name & surname
Tisa
“the ninth-born child”
Tisa is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,447
- 0 boys · 1,447 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 144 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 144 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,512 as a first name in 2020; 231 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tisa’s family of names
Tisa has a related form in Tysa. Tisa has a related form in Tisah. Tisa has a related form in Tiza.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tisa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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