Lettice

English variation of Letitia

"joy, gladness"

Lettice Origin and Meaning

The name Lettice is a girl's name of English origin meaning "joy, gladness".

Lettice is still occasionally heard in upper-class British families, but we fear it would cause too much salad-green teasing to be considered in the U.S. Calling your little Lettice Lettie could help make the name more user-friendly, or go all the way to the original Letitia.

Lettice Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 2259 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lettice

• 1990 Nameberry 2024

20 Names Similar to Lettice

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Famous People Named Lettice

• Lettice Knollys Countess of Essex and Leicester
• Lettice Digby 1st Baroness Offaly, Irish noblewoman
• Lettice Boyle wife of English Royalist soldier George Goring, Lord Goring
• Lettice Rowbotham English violinist and contestant on "Britain's Got Talent"
• Lettice Curtis English aviator
• Lettice Cooper English writer
• Lettice Mary Tredway English canoness and abbess
• Liberty Lettice Lark Ross English model and actress
• Lara Lettice Johnson daughter of UK prime minister Boris Johnson

The name Lettice in Pop Culture

• Lettice Douffet main character in play "Lettice and Lovage" by Peter Shaffer