Letitia: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Letitia | Girls
Origin of the name Leticia:
Derived from the Latin laetitia (gladness, happiness).
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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
