Latoya

American English

"victory"

Latoya Origin and Meaning

The name Latoya is a girl's name meaning "victory".

Built from the popular La- prefix and Toya, possibly from Victoria, this is one of the best known and historically most popular La-starting names. A famous bearer is La Toya Jackson, a singer, actress and businesswoman and sister of Michael Jackson. It was a Top 100 name from 1981 to 1985, then fell off the list in 1995.

Latoya Rank in US Top 1000

# 883 in the US

Famous People Named Latoya

• La Toya Yvonne Jackson American singer and TV personality
• LaToya Renee London American singer/actress, contestant on TV's "American Idol"
• LaToya Monique Thomas American WNBA basketball player
• LaToya Cantrell American politician; former mayor of New Orleans
• LaToya Ruby Frazier American photographer
• LaToya Antoinette Sanders American basketball player
• LaToya Lacole Martin aka Toya American R&B singer
• Latoya Nontokozo Buthelezi aka Toya Delazy South African singer,songwriter

The name Latoya in Pop Culture

• Latoya Reynolds Character from Disney original movie "Prom Pact"