Letitia
Letitia is a feminine given name, of Latin origin meaning "joy, gladness". The name Letitia has many variants, including but not limited to: Lætitia from lætus (Latin), Letja (Dutch), Letizia (Italian), Leticia (Spanish), Letisya (Turkish) and Letisha or Latisha (American).
- English
Meaning & Origin of Letitia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Letitia is a feminine given name, of Latin origin meaning "joy, gladness". The name Letitia has many variants, including but not limited to: Lætitia from lætus (Latin), Letja (Dutch), Letizia (Italian), Leticia (Spanish), Letisya (Turkish) and Letisha or Latisha (American).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Letitia
American parents first put Letitia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 22 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 329 Letitias were born — ranking #545 that year. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 23% of all recorded Letitias. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 11K Letitias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Letitia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Letitia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Letitia
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- Queen Letizia of Spain (born 1972), Queen of Spain
- Letitia Baldrige (1926–2012), American etiquette expert
- Letitia Carson (1814-1888), "Old Oregonian" of 1845, Black Homesteader
- Laetitia Casta (born 1978), French model and actress
- Letitia Chitty (1897–1982), English aeronautical engineer
- Letitia Christian Tyler (1790–1842), First Lady of the United States
- Letitia Dean (born 1967), English actress
- Letitia Dunbar-Harrison (1906–1994), Irish librarian
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Names that sound like Letitia
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About the name Letitia
Letitia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Letitia's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #545. Use the chart and map above to compare Letitia'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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