Tish
Feminine
Tish is a short form that has worked as a full name for generations, and the likeliest name behind it comes from a Latin word with a double life. It meant joy, and it also meant the condition of a field that has been properly muck-spread.
How old is the name Tish?
Tish first appears in US birth records in 1938 — 87 years ago. The typical Tish alive today was born around 1967, making them about 58 years old. About 700 people named Tish are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tish most popular?
Tish peaked in 1971, reaching #1546 nationally. See the whole 1971 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tish
Latin laetus meant glad, and it also meant rich or fertile when applied to land. Roman agricultural writers use it constantly in the second sense: a laetus field is one in good heart, and the noun laetamen is straightforwardly manure, the thing that makes it so. The two senses are the same idea seen from two positions, and Latin saw no awkwardness in it: a thriving field and a cheerful person are both flourishing. Laetitia, the name, takes the first meaning and leaves the second in the barn, which is what names generally do. But the word is worth knowing whole, because it says something about how a farming people thought about happiness, and it is a better story than most short forms are carrying.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Letitia is the usual parent and Patricia is offered too, and Tish has also been given on its own. The record does not distinguish the cases, which for short forms used as names is the normal situation rather than a failure.
Pronouncing Tish
TISH
One syllable and nothing in it to get wrong.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1938
- Most girls named
- 197163 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1546reached in 1971
- Change vs 1984
- −54.5%5 in 1988, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tishs among us
people named Tish are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tish sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- One syllable, four letters, never misspelled and never mispronounced.
- It is warm and informal without being babyish, which is a narrow target to hit.
- It has a real documented history of independent use in America.
- It reads as a short form to most people, so formal settings will keep asking what it stands for.
- It sits close to Trish in sound and will be misheard as that constantly.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has a likely answer rather than a certain one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tishs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Tish are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tish in 2025?
- Tish is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tish with classmates?
- Tish will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with T, all years combined.
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