Tish is a feminine given name and a nickname, frequently for

Letitia Letitia is a feminine given name, of Latin origin meaning "joy, gladness". The name Letitia has many variants, including but not limited to: Lætitia from lætus (Latin), Letja (Dutch), Letizia (Italian), Leticia (Spanish), Letisya (Turkish) and Le ...

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.

People

Given name

Arts and entertainment

* Tish Bellomo, former backing vocalist of rock group Blondie *

Tish Ciravolo Tish Ciravolo is a Los-Angeles-based bass guitar player and guitar designer, and the president and founder of Daisy Rock Guitars. Early years Ciravolo grew up in Merced, California, where her best friend Barbara taught her to play guitar while ...

, bass player and guitar maker * Tish Cohen (born 1963), Canadian writer * Tish Daia (1926-2003), Albanian composer * Leticia

Tish Hinojosa Leticia ("Tish") Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955, San Antonio, Texas) is a folksinger recording in both Spanish and English. Hinojosa was the youngest of 13 children. Hinojosa's parents were Mexican immigrants. Known for singing both traditio ...

(born 1955), American folksinger *

Tish Hyman Latisha "Tish" Hyman, commonly known as Tish, is an African-American singer-songwriter and rapper. Early life Hyman was born and raised in the Bronx,Kathy Landoll“Band Crush: Tish Hyman,”''Nylon'', June 22, 2015.Rea Melissa Davis“Tish Hym ...

(born 1983), American singer-songwriter and rapper *

Tish Murtha Patricia Anne "Tish" Murtha (14 March 1956 – 13 March 2013) was a British social documentary photographer best known for documenting marginalised communities, social realism and working class life in Newcastle upon Tyne and the North East of ...

(1956–2013), British social documentary photographer *

Tish Rabe Tish Rabe is a children's book author who lives in New York City, New York and Mystic, Connecticut. and has written or adapted more than 40 Dr. Seuss books since Seuss's death. She has written over 135 children's books including titles for Se ...

, 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 ''TISH'' was a Canadian poetry newsletter founded by student-poets at the University of British Columbia in 1961. The publication was edited by a number of Vancouver poets until 1969. The newsletter's poetics were built on those of writers assoc ...

, early 8th century ruler of the

Principality of Chaghaniyan The Principality of Chaghaniyan, known in Arabic sources as al-Saghaniyan, was a part of the Hephthalite Confederation from the 5th to the 7th century CE. After this, it was ruled by a local, presumably Iranian dynasty, which governed the Chaghan ...

Letitia Baldrige Letitia "Tish" Baldrige (February 9, 1926 – October 29, 2012) was an American etiquette expert, public relations executive and author who was most famous for serving as Jacqueline Kennedy's Social Secretary. Known as the "Doyenne of Deco ...

(1926–2012), American etiquette expert and public relations executive, White House Social Secretary for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy *

Tish Howard The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe was ...

(born 1946), July 1966 ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month *

Letitia James Letitia Ann James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Democratic Party and the current Attorney General of New York, having won the 2018 election to succeed appointed Attorney General Barbara Und ...

(born 1958), African-American lawyer, activist and politician, New York City Public Advocate * Letitia

Tish Sommers Letitia "Tish" Innes Sommers (September 8, 1914 – October 18, 1985) was an American author, a women's rights activist, and the co-founder and first president of the Older Women's League (OWL). Early life and education Letitia Gale Innes was b ...

(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 Opare Leticia, known by her stage name Gyaldem Tish, is a Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae singer. Early life and career Gyaldem Tish was born to Mr & Mrs Opare in Donkorkrom, Kwahu Afram Plains North in the Eastern Region of Ghana. ...

, stagename of Opare Leticia, Ghanaian musician

Fictional characters

* Letitia Carberry, the protagonist of six novels by

Mary Roberts Rinehart Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie.Keating, H.R.F., ''The Bedside Companion to Crime''. New York: Mysterious Press, 1989, p. 170. Rinehart published her fir ...

* Petratishkovna "Tish" Katsufrakis, on the animated television series ''

The Weekenders ''The Weekenders'' (also known as ''Disney's The Weekenders'') is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale that ran on February 26, 2000 with the last episode aired on February 29, 2004, spanning four seasons. It centers ...

'' *

Tish Jones Over the course of its many years on television, the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' has not only seen changes in the actors to play the Doctor, but in the supporting cast as well. Companions The Doctor ...

, a recurring character in the television series ''Doctor Who'' *

Morticia Addams Morticia Addams (née Frump) is a fictional character from the '' Addams Family'' multimedia franchise created by American Charles Addams in 1933. She plays the role of the family's reserved matriarch. Morticia Addams has been portrayed in seve ...

, female lead character in ''The Addams Family'' * Clementine “Tish” Rivers, protagonist of James Baldwin novel ''

If Beale Street Could Talk ''If Beale Street Could Talk'' is a 1974 novel by American writer James Baldwin. His fifth novel (and 13th book overall), it is a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. The title is a reference to the 1916 W.C. Handy blues song " Beale S ...

'' (1974)

Other uses

Tish ''TISH'' was a Canadian poetry newsletter founded by student-poets at the University of British Columbia in 1961. The publication was edited by a number of Vancouver poets until 1969. The newsletter's poetics were built on those of writers associa ...

, a gathering of Hasidic Jews *

Tish (2023 documentary) ''Tish'' is a British 2023 documentary film directed by Paul Sng. The film details the life and work of Newcastle social documentary photographer Tish Murtha. The film was critically acclaimed. Background Tish Murtha was best known for her w ...

, 2023 documentary about Tish Murtha

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