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Letitia

Letitia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“joy, happiness”
Origin
Latin
Say it
leh-TISH-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Latin Laetitia, meaning 'joy' or 'gladness.' Letitia is the common English spelling, while Laetitia is closer to the original Latin form.

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How popular is Letitia?

20242.1 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Letitia in 20247

Peak year1887

Total US babies since 188011,408

Letitia is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Letitia

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Leticiajoy, happiness · Latin
  • Lettyshort form of Letitia · English
  • Tishashort form of Letitia or Patricia · English
  • Latishamodern form of Letitia, joy · American (modern coinage)
  • Camilayoung ceremonial attendant · Latin
  • Lunamoon · Latin
  • Auroradawn · Latin
  • Emilyrival · Latin

Letitia questions

What does the name Letitia mean?

Letitia means "joy, happiness". It comes from Latin. From Latin Laetitia, meaning 'joy' or 'gladness.' Letitia is the common English spelling, while Laetitia is closer to the original Latin form.

Is Letitia a boy or girl name?

Letitia is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Letitia?

7 US babies were named Letitia in 2024. Its peak year was 1887.

How do you pronounce Letitia?

Letitia is usually pronounced leh-TISH-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.