Letitia

Latin

"joy, gladness"

Letitia Origin and Meaning

The name Letitia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "joy, gladness".

Letitia is a delicate, once prim and proper sounding name whose staid image has been unbuttoned by numerous phonetic spellings. The original, often used in Spanish-speaking families, would still make an attractive, delicate choice. After a solid century on the Top 1000 list, Letitia fell off in the early 1980s and has not yet returned.

Letitia has a First Lady heritage, as the wife of President John Tyler. Letitia Baldridge, White House social secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy, was often known as Tish. These days, most parents would prefer the sweet, gold-locket pet forms Letty or Lettie.

Spelled Laetitia, she was the Roman goddess of celebration, happiness and gaiety. The name appeared in the form Lettice in medieval England.

Letitia Rank in US Top 1000

# 874 in the US

Letitia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1542 on Nameberry

Letitia Popularity

• 1555 Nameberry 2024

20 Names Similar to Letitia

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Letitia.

• Laetitia
• Levana
• Letizia
• Lucretia
• Laelia
• Lavinia
• Jocasta
• Tammy
• Rosamond
• Phyllida
• Lorena
• Lettice
• Lorna
• Nita
• Sonya
• Cia
• Melusine
• Sabina
• Carlotta
• Valora

Famous People Named Letitia

• Letitia Christian Tyler U.S. First Lady as wife of President John Tyler
• Letitia Green Stevenson wife of U.S. Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson I
• Letitia Michelle Wright Guyanese,British actress
• Letitia "Tish" Baldrige American etiquette expert and White House secretary
• Letitia Jane Dean English actress
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon English poet and novelist
• Letitia James American political activist, New York City Public Advocate
• Letitia Alma Vriesde Surinamese sprinter
• Letitia Marion Hamilton Irish painter
• Letitia Chitty English engineer
• Letitia Gwynne Irish TV journalist
• Letitia Woods Brown American researcher and academic
• Letitia MacTavish Hargrave Scottish,Canadian fur trader and diarist
• Letitia Youmans Canadian temperance leader

Letitia in Pop Culture

• Letitia character in "Sadie Rocks: Happiness and All That Stuff" by Karen McCombie
• Jane Letitia Penderwick character in the Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall
• Letitia Ketterley "Aunt Letty " character in the Chronicles of Narnia series
• "Letitia Lerner Superman's Babysitter," DC Comics story by Kyle Baker
• Letitia Prism a character in Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest"
• Letitia Missy's mother in the film "Surviving Christmas"
• Letitia M. Slighcarp recurring villain in Joan Aiken's "Wolves Chronicles" books
• Letitia “Leti” Lewis character on the HBO TV series “Lovecraft Country”