Tish Explained

Tish is a feminine given name and a nickname, frequently for Letitia or variations thereof. Tish is also an uncommon surname, accounting for around 500 people in the 2000 US Census and 550 in the 2010 US Census, around 95% of whom self-identified as white.^[1]

People

Given name

Arts and entertainment

• Tish Bellomo, former backing vocalist of rock group Blondie
• Tish Ciravolo, bass player and guitar maker
• Tish Cohen (born 1963), Canadian writer
• Tish Daia (1926-2003), Albanian composer
• Leticia Tish Hinojosa (born 1955), American folksinger
• Tish Hyman (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and rapper
• Tish Murtha (1956–2013), British social documentary photographer
• Tish Rabe, American children's book author

Sport

• George Marsden (boxer) (1911-1980), British boxer
• Tish Pike, later name of Patricia Prain (born 1933), New Zealand alpine skier

Other

• Tish of Chaghaniyan, early 8th century ruler of the Principality of Chaghaniyan
• Letitia Baldrige (1926–2012), American etiquette expert and public relations executive, White House Social Secretary for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
• Tish Howard (born 1946), July 1966 Playboy Playmate of the Month
• Letitia James (born 1958), African-American lawyer, activist and politician, New York City Public Advocate
• Letitia Tish Sommers (1914-1985), American author and women's rights activist
• Lutitia "Tish" Harrison Warren (born 1979), American author and Anglican priest

Surname

• Gideon Tish (born 1939), Israeli footballer
• Gyaldem Tish, stagename of Opare Leticia, Ghanaian musician

Fictional characters

• Letitia Carberry, the protagonist of six novels by Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Petratishkovna "Tish" Katsufrakis, on the animated television series The Weekenders
• Tish Jones, a recurring character in the television series Doctor Who
• Morticia Addams, female lead character in The Addams Family
• Clementine “Tish” Rivers, protagonist of James Baldwin novel If Beale Street Could Talk (1974)

Other uses

• Tish, a gathering of Hasidic Jews
• Tish (2023 documentary), 2023 documentary about Tish Murtha

See also

• Tisch (disambiguation)
• Tisha, a given name
• Trish, a given name

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tish Last Name Popularity, Meaning and Origin . 19 June 2022 . Name Census.