Laetitia
Laetitia (English) also Laëtitia (French) and Lætitia (Latin), is a girl's name that is quite popular in the south of France and is also used in Québec. It is originally a Latin name Lætitia. The Latin grapheme "æ" is increasingly replaced in France with "aë" but the name is pronounced the same.
Meaning & Origin of Laetitia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laetitia (English) also Laëtitia (French) and Lætitia (Latin), is a girl's name that is quite popular in the south of France and is also used in Québec. It is originally a Latin name Lætitia. The Latin grapheme "æ" is increasingly replaced in France with "aë" but the name is pronounced the same.
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The Story of Laetitia
Laetitia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1916, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 12 Laetitias were born — ranking #8,716 that year. As of 2026, Laetitia ranks #15,532 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 375 Laetitias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Laetitia
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- Laetitia Agab (born 1985), Algerian footballer
- Laetitia Beck (born 1992), Israeli golfer
- Laetitia Casta (born 1978), French model and actress
- Laetitia Chapeh , Equatoguinean football player
- Laetitia Darche (born 1991), Belgian-Mauritian beauty pageant contestant and former Miss Mauritius
- Laetitia d'Arenberg (born 1941), Uruguayan businesswoman
- Laetitia Denis (born 1988), French heptathlete
- Laetitia Griffith (born 1965), Dutch Member of Parliament for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
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About the name Laetitia
Laetitia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 375 births in the dataset. Laetitia's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #8,716. Use the chart and map above to compare Laetitia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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