Entry № 2444 · English, Latin origin

Tisha Tisha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TEE-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English, Latin
Meaning
"Joy (Tisha Campbell, Martin + My Wife and Kids)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "joy (tisha campbell, martin + my wife and kids)".

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.

Joy. Gina Waters on Martin — one of the highest-rated Black sitcoms of the 1990s.

The name in its native script.

Tisha
Transliteration
Tisha
Pronunciation
/ ˈtiː.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tisha stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 300 in 1979
Babies named Tisha · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1969
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #300 NOW · —

Tishas before her.

Real people
Tisha Campbell-Martin
American actress.
born 1968
Tisha Sterling
American actress.
born 1944
In fiction
Gina Waters-Payne
Martin.
1992

Names connected to Tisha.

The number behind Tisha.

1

The Pioneer

Tisha reduces to one — the number of Martin.

Why families chose this name.

"Campbell's joy. Five letters. Tisha."
Eleanor · Mother of one · Oklahoma City