Tisha

Tisha: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “short form of Letitia or Patricia”
Origin: English
Say it: TEE-shuh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Tisha is commonly used as a diminutive of Letitia, Patricia, or names ending in -tisha. As an independent given name, it is modern and can have multiple sources.

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How popular is Tisha?

20243.6 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Tisha in 202412

Peak year1971

Total US babies since 18809,533

Tisha is steady now but far below its 1971 peak.

Names like Tisha

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Leticiajoy, happiness · Latin
Lettyshort form of Letitia · English
Letitiajoy, happiness · Latin
Latishamodern form of Letitia, joy · American (modern coinage)
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English

Tisha questions

What does the name Tisha mean?

Tisha means "short form of Letitia or Patricia". It comes from English. Tisha is commonly used as a diminutive of Letitia, Patricia, or names ending in -tisha. As an independent given name, it is modern and can have multiple sources.

Is Tisha a boy or girl name?

Tisha is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tisha?

12 US babies were named Tisha in 2024. Its peak year was 1971.

How do you pronounce Tisha?

Tisha is usually pronounced TEE-shuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.