Tisha

Where Tisha comes from

The dictionaries list Tisha as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Letitia — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Tisha Campbell born
    American actress
  3. 1971
    Peak, #311
    868 babies named Tisha — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    Tisha Venturini born
    American soccer player
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #465.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Letitia.
Namesakes
  • Tisha Campbell · American actress, born 1968
  • Tisha Venturini · American soccer player, born 1973
  • Tisha Volleman · Dutch artistic gymnast, born 1999
  • Tisha Waller · Olympic high jumper, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.