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.

# 1990 on Nameberry

Lettice Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lettice Popularity

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

Lettice in Pop Culture

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