Given name & surname
Tish
“one who brings joy to others”
In English use, Tish is a diminutive of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Tish is a diminutive of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Tish is a diminutive of Letitia. An origin associated with Letitia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Tish is a diminutive of Letitia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tish through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 797
- 0 boys · 797 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 63 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 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,231 as a first name in 2020; 606 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.
Tish’s family of names
In English usage, Tish is a diminutive of Letitia. Tish has a related form in Tisha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tish
- Tish DaijaAlbanian composer1926–2003
- Tish HinojosaAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1955
- Tish MurthaBritish photographer1956–2013
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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