Latesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-TEE-sha
- Origin
- Latin
Latesha is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “joy, happiness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Latesha mean?
Latin: variant of Latisha, from Leticia
“joy, happiness”
A variant of Latisha, an American respelling of Leticia, from Latin laetitia, joy.
Is Latesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Latesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Latesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 7 girls.
Latesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Latesha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 185 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Latesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,805 |
| 1993 | 100 | #1,552 |
| 1992 | 119 | #1,378 |
| 1991 | 125 | #1,318 |
| 1990 | 132 | #1,243 |
| 1989 | 125 | #1,256 |
| 1988 | 97 | #1,426 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,432 |
| 1986 | 112 | #1,224 |
| 1985 | 140 | #1,056 |
| 1984 | 131 | #1,067 |
| 1983 | 121 | #1,114 |
| 1982 | 156 | #950 |
| 1981 | 157 | #942 |
| 1980 | 185 | #843 |
| 1979 | 142 | #1,006 |
| 1978 | 133 | #1,025 |
| 1977 | 159 | #891 |
| 1976 | 107 | #1,117 |
| 1975 | 99 | #1,162 |
| 1974 | 103 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,589 |
| 1972 | 64 | #1,488 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,175 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,354 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Nicknames for Latesha
Names like Latesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Alisha Radhika Anisha Tanisha Sasha Isha Anika Khadija Saanvika Asha Krisha
Names related to Latesha
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Latesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/latesha, updated 20 October 2026.