Given name
Tisha
“one who brings joy to others”
In English use, Tisha is a diminutive of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Tisha carries the interpretation “one who brings joy to others.” In English use, Tisha is a diminutive of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Tisha is used as a form of Letitia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,552
- 0 boys · 9,552 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 868 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #6,304 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,304 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 868 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,558 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tisha’s family of names
Tisha is an affectionate form of Latisha. Tisha is a form of Letitia. In English usage, Tisha is a diminutive of Letitia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tieshavariant
- Tishvariant
- Tyshiavariant
- Tishiavariant
- Teishavariant
- Tyshavariant
- Latishafull form
- Letitiafull form · English
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tisha
- Tisha CampbellAmerican actressborn 1968
- Tisha VenturiniAmerican soccer playerborn 1973
- Tisha VollemanDutch artistic gymnastborn 1999
- Tisha WallerOlympic high jumperborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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