Nameling

Letitia

Girl · Latin

Letitia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “gladness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Letitia mean?

Latin

“gladness”

A female given name from Latin, popular in medieval England; rather rare today.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Letitia a girl's or a boy's name?

Letitia is a girls' name.

How popular is Letitia in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 45 girls.

Half of all the girls named Letitia in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 45 in 19962023
Letitia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20233#5,929
20220–
20213#5,824
20200–
20195#4,214
20182#7,433
20175#4,250
20166#3,788
20156#3,777
20143#5,920
20134#4,953
201210#2,666
20116#3,737
20109#2,741
200911#2,298
200820#1,499
200720#1,421
200619#1,418
200527#1,022
200429#967
200324#1,056
200235#786
200122#1,042
200023#1,016
199932#787
199832#789
199723#995
199645#598

How popular is Letitia in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 329 girls.

Half of all the girls named Letitia in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 329 in 19642024
Letitia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20247#12,156
20230–
20220–
20215#15,246
20205#15,083
20190–
20188#11,422
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20135#16,542
20126#14,956
20110–
20100–
20090–
20086#15,399
20079#11,626
20065#17,163
20055#16,455
20049#10,684
200311#9,043
20027#12,181
20017#12,049
200013#7,574
199915#6,478
199818#5,579
199715#6,158
199627#3,937
199531#3,487
199439#2,983
199342#2,820
199261#2,186
199164#2,086
199076#1,858
198969#1,893
198890#1,505
198793#1,417
198693#1,380
1985107#1,263
1984103#1,245
1983136#1,030
1982176#876
1981150#976
1980184#845
1979194#813
1978231#687
1977230#680
1976230#667
1975262#606
1974262#601
1973278#576
1972247#628
1971301#581
1970247#656
1969239#641
1968234#631
1967254#598
1966281#569
1965281#569
1964329#545
1963272#608
1962254#633
1961300#579
1960201#718
1959148#839
1958149#832
1957132#886
1956106#987
1955118#901
1954115#895
1953115#873
195293#974
1951111#851
1950118#797
1949112#832
1948100#870
194794#914
194683#919
194576#863
194472#900
194384#849
194289#812
1941106#681
194090#732
193963#882
193864#875
193771#815
193662#862
193557#912
193463#861
193356#904
193271#808
193139#1,148
193064#909
192946#1,078
192853#1,029
192761#976
192652#1,032
192558#976
192473#880
192361#941
192261#949
192154#1,017
192059#949
191954#967
191856#960
191759#896
191677#782
191570#787
191476#666
191349#748
191238#809
191134#741
191030#781
190919#935
190820#882
190724#760
190625#731
190527#683
190421#773
190323#695
190228#623
190118#771
190030#639
189929#565
189829#597
189723#644
189631#538
189529#547
189437#457
189332#473
189228#510
189123#541
189020#578
188925#499
188826#486
188729#403
188625#432
188518#500
188420#449
188323#386
188219#418
188119#384
188022#342

Names like Letitia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Letitia

More Latin names