Tisha is the English-American short form of Latisha or Letitia — from the Latin *laetitia* (joy, gladness). **A top-1000 US baby name from 1969 to 1996**. **Tisha Campbell-Martin (born 1968)** — **American actress and singer; played Gina Waters-Payne on FOX's *Martin* (1992-1997) opposite Martin Lawrence — one of the highest-rated Black sitcoms of the 1990s**; played Janet Kyle on ABC's *My Wife and Kids* (2001-2005) opposite Damon Wayans. **Made her professional debut at age 6 on *Sesame Street* (1974); broke through as Sandra Coleman in Spike Lee's *School Daze* (1988) and as Halle Berry's friend Vivian in *Boomerang* (1992)**. **Voice of the title character on Disney's *Rita Rocks* (2008-2009)**. **NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress (2003) for *My Wife and Kids***. **Tisha Sterling** — American actress; daughter of Robert Sterling and Ann Sothern. **Letitia James** — current New York Attorney General (covered separately as Letitia).
Featured throughout 1990s-2000s Black American sitcoms.
Tisha reduces to one — the number of Martin.