Fun Facts About the Name Tishya
- 53 babies named Tishya: U.S. records list 53 babies given the name Tishya from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tishya Mean?
Tishya is a Sanskrit name, written तिष्य in Devanagari. Its sense is usually given as "auspicious" or "favourable," and in Sanskrit texts the same word names the Pushya nakshatra, the eighth of the 27 lunar mansions, and the lunar month Pausha (roughly December - January), whose full moon falls near that asterism.
The customary explanation connects tiṣya with the Sanskrit root tiṣ, related to tuṣ, "to be pleased or satisfied," which yields the idea of something pleasing or propitious. This derivation is traditional rather than firmly documented; some references treat tiṣya simply as an inherited name of the nakshatra and give no root meaning. The nakshatra's other name, Pushya, means "nourishing"; it is a separate word used for the same group of stars, not the source of Tishya.
Tishya Name History & Origins
The Pali form of the name, Tissa, became one of the most widespread personal names in early Buddhist South Asia. Buddhist texts record several monks and elders named Tissa, and the name was common enough that tradition distinguishes them by place or by epithet. In Sri Lanka, the king known as Devanampiya Tissa, in the third century BCE, is credited in the island's chronicles with adopting Buddhism, and Tissa stayed a royal and monastic name there for centuries afterward.
On the Indian mainland the Sanskrit form appears in Buddhist accounts of the Mauryan court: Ashoka's queen is remembered in those sources as Tishyarakshā, also written Tishyarakshita. In Hindu learned usage the word remained tied to the calendar and the stars, serving as another name for the Pushya nakshatra, from which the month Pausha also takes its name. Modern Indian naming draws on that religious vocabulary, and the name is also spelled Tisya.
How Popular is the Name Tishya?
Tishya has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #8,311 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,311 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #17,420 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #13,330 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #17,525 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #13,350 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #17,749 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #15,761 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #19,979 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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