Letty

Letty: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “short form of Letitia”
Origin: English
Say it: LET-ee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Letty is an English diminutive of Letitia or Lettice. Through Letitia, it ultimately comes from Latin laetitia meaning 'joy, gladness'.

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How popular is Letty?

202439.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Letty in 2024130

2024 rank#1,604 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18804,454

Letty is rising: use over the last five years is 2.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Letty

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Leticiajoy, happiness · Latin
Tishashort form of Letitia or Patricia · English
Letitiajoy, happiness · Latin
Latishamodern form of Letitia, joy · American (modern coinage)
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English

Letty questions

What does the name Letty mean?

Letty means "short form of Letitia". It comes from English. Letty is an English diminutive of Letitia or Lettice. Through Letitia, it ultimately comes from Latin laetitia meaning 'joy, gladness'.

Is Letty a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Letty?

130 US babies were named Letty in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Letty?

Letty is usually pronounced LET-ee.

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.