Tish
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
- 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 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 Howard (born 1946), July 1966 Playboy Playmate of the Month
- Tish Hyman (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and rapper
- Letitia James (born 1958), African-American lawyer, activist and politician, New York City Public Advocate
- George Marsden (boxer) (1911-1980), British boxer
- Tish Pike, later name of Patricia Prain (born 1933), New Zealand alpine skier
- Tish Rabe, American children's book author
- 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, the protagonist of the James Baldwin novel, If Beale Street Could Talk
Other uses
- Tish, a gathering of Hasidic Jews
See also
- Tisch (disambiguation)
- Tisha, a given name
- Trish, a given name
References
- ^ "Tish Last Name Popularity, Meaning and Origin". Name Census. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
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