The Name Tisha

[Reuven Chaim Klein]

I was recently asked about the origins of the Jewish Polish feminine name Tisha (טישא). I did not find this name attested to (at least using the spelling that my interlocutor provided) in the sources I am used working with. But looking at Dr. Beider's book on Ashkenazi given names, I am thinking that this name is a derivative of the feminine name Dushl/Dushana. 

While we're on the topic, is the surname Dushinsky a matronymic derived from the aforementioned feminine name?

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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[Alexandre Beider]

Hello,

Yiddish Tishe is a diminutive form of a more common form Tishl ot Tishle, that in turn is from Tushane/Dushane, of Old Czech origin. In some places (Lublin province) Tishe and Tishle were just interchangeable.

In the above list, the person was recorded as Tysza (Polish transcription from the original Russian, same as Yiddish Tishe), but appears as Tyszla (Yiddish Tishle) in her marriage.

I don't think Dushinsky can be derived from a variant of the same given name. A large majority of Jewish surnames in Slavic countries ending in -sky / ski are based on toponyms (+ several dozens on occupations and male given names, but not female given names).

Looking JewishGen databases, I observe that Duschinsky / Dushinsky was a common name in the Hungarian part of Austro-Hungary. One should know details of the inception of this name to see in what exact area it appeared for the first time. In the list of toponyms of Austro-Hungary, I don't see any direct candidate for being the source of this surname.

Alexander Beider

[Reuven Chaim Klein]

A friend of mine suggested that Dushinsky is a toponym derived from the Russian town of Dushin (in Kharabalinskiy District, Astrakhan Oblast) or Tuszyn near Łódź. Do those two options make sense?

Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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[Alexandre Beider]

None makes sense since the surname does not appear in Poland (so Tuszyn near Łódź can hardly be relevant), while very few Jews lived in the city of Astrakhan' itself, but no Jews lived in places near Astrakhan'.

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