Tish is a feminine given name and a nickname.

People

Given name

Arts and entertainment

Tish Bellomo Blondie is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the American new wave genre and scene of the mid-1970s. The band's first two albums also contained str ...

, 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 Leticia ("Tish") Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955, San Antonio, Texas) is a singer-songwriter, recording in both Spanish and English. Early life and career Hinojosa is the youngest of 13 children. Hinojosa's parents were Mexican immigrants. K ...

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

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 __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1966. ''Playboy'' magazine names their Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Judy Tyler (December 24, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, – June 18, 2013) was ' ...

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

Letitia James Letitia Ann "Tish" James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 67th Attorney General of New York, attorney general of New York (NYAG), having won the 2018 New York Attorney General election, 2018 ...

(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, 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 bo ...

(1914-1985), American author and women's rights activist * Lutitia "Tish" Harrison Warren (born 1979), American author and Anglican priest

Surname

Gideon Tish Gideon Tish () is a former Israeli football player. Career In the 1950, Tish was an Israelis, Israeli Association football, football player who is most known for playing at Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv, there he scored 55 goals which ...

(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 fi ...

* 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 premiered on February 26, 2000, with the last episode airing on February 29, 2004, spanning four seasons. I ...

'' *

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 is ...

, 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 by se ...

, 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 St ...

'' (1974)

Other uses

Tish Tish is a feminine given name and a nickname. 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 * ...

, 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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