Letitia: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Letitia | Girls

Letitia

Pronunciation: leh-TEE-shə (key)

Origin of the name Leticia:

Derived from the Latin laetitia (gladness, happiness).

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Related Names:

Laetitia, Laticia, Latisha, Leticia, Lettice, Lettie, Tishia, Tisha

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Nicknames for Letitia: | Edit

Letty, Tish, Lettie

Meanings and history of the name Letitia: | Edit

From Latin, meaning "happiness, joy"

Famous real-life people named Letitia: | Edit

Letitia Christian Tyler, First Lady and first wife of John Tyler
Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert
Letitia Gwynne, Northern Irish television journalist

Letitia in song, story & screen: | Edit

Letty Linton, protagonist of the eponymous 1932 film, starring Joan Crawford as Letty
Tish Jones, a recurring fictional character in the television series "Doctor Who"
Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence, character in the '70s TV series "Family" who was nicknamed "Tizzie Lish" by her mother

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