Letitia Forename
Approximately 31,654 people bear this name
Letitia Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin laetitia ‘gladness'. It is not clear how or when the word came to be used as a christian name, but it was in general use in England in the 12th C and remained a favourite until the 17th C. The usual English form was Letice or Lettice, but the French Lece (latinized as Lecia) was common in the 12th and 13th C.
Read More About This ForenameLetitia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 14,410 | 1:25,159 | 1,883 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,717 | 1:9,539 | 1,653 |
| England | 100% | 1,868 | 1:29,766 | 1,671 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 1,527 | 1:48,348 | 3,178 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,384 | 1:14,488 | 1,111 |
| Ghana | - | 1,011 | 1:26,693 | 1,799 |
| Australia | - | 581 | 1:23,507 | 1,549 |
| Scotland | 100% | 581 | 1:9,209 | 664 |
| Suriname | 100% | 477 | 1:1,159 | 232 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 472 | 1:3,905 | 490 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 423 | 1:36,463 | 3,461 |
| Jamaica | - | 344 | 1:8,381 | 1,032 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 320 | 1:52,819 | 3,535 |
| Canada | 100% | 265 | 1:125,032 | 5,800 |
| New Zealand | - | 218 | 1:20,808 | 1,614 |
| Namibia | - | 195 | 1:12,329 | 1,393 |
| Benin | 100% | 188 | 1:56,254 | 4,236 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 122 | 1:1,455,446 | 32,357 |
| Wales | 100% | 112 | 1:27,628 | 1,310 |
| Ireland | 100% | 103 | 1:45,083 | 1,537 |
| Guyana | 100% | 74 | 1:10,314 | 1,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 70 | 1:262,564 | 10,858 |
| Spain | 100% | 66 | 1:704,999 | 7,444 |
| Uganda | 100% | 65 | 1:630,106 | 13,203 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 57 | 1:23,885 | 2,685 |
| China | - | 48 | 1:28,459,495 | 60,928 |
| Belgium | 100% | 47 | 1:244,469 | 5,458 |
| India | 100% | 47 | 1:25,848,467 | 558,660 |
| Italy | 100% | 43 | 1:1,420,049 | 11,126 |
| Indonesia | - | 40 | 1:6,449,092 | 236,079 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 36 | 1:640,998 | 22,008 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 34 | 1:895,586 | 32,752 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Zambia | - | 30 | 1:528,493 | 11,862 |
| Cameroon | - | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| France | 100% | 22 | 1:3,021,379 | 14,959 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 22 | 1:373,341 | 6,715 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Germany | 100% | 20 | 1:4,833,894 | 19,927 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Singapore | 100% | 19 | 1:330,898 | 9,778 |
| Botswana | 100% | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Brazil | 100% | 15 | 1:14,282,410 | 156,374 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Thailand | 100% | 11 | 1:6,369,619 | 106,118 |
| Sweden | 100% | 10 | 1:985,791 | 19,730 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Liberia | 100% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Philippines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,144,211 | 189,875 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,958 | 978 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Czechia | - | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Mexico | - | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
The alternate forms: Létitia (48) are calculated separately.
Letitia (43) may also be a surname.
Letitia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin laetitia ‘gladness'. It is not clear how or when the word came to be used as a christian name, but it was in general use in England in the 12th C and remained a favourite until the 17th C. The usual English form was Letice or Lettice, but the French Lece (latinized as Lecia) was common in the 12th and 13th C. The surnames Lettice,Lett, Letts, Letson (from the nickname Lett), and possibly some of the Leesons (from Lece) are derived from it. Lecelin a diminutive of Lece is also recorded. Lettice went out of fashion in the 18th C and was replaced by the Latin form Laetitia, but it has now come back into use. Letty is the usual pet-form.
Leticia Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1215. Lecia Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1215, Hundred Rolls 1273. Lettice Hundred Rolls 3273, Close Rolls 1300. Letyce Coventry Mysteries 15th C. Lete Hundred Rolls 1273. Letia Hundred Rolls 1273. Lece Hundred Rolls 1273. Lecelina Curia Regis Rolls 1220.
(See also Lœtitia) Latin lœtitia, ‘gladness,’ ‘happiness,’ from lœtus, ‘gay,’ ‘glad,’ ‘joyful.’ Apparently it had been prompted by Lettice; certainly it was much more general in C19 than it is now.
A female name derived from the Latin lœtitia, joy, gladness, mirth. The nicknames are Lettice, Lett, Letty, and Tish.
Latin (feminine) - Gladness.
A Latin name, meaning: Joyful.
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A female name, from the Latin laetitia, meaning 'gladness'. It is not clear how or when the word came to be used as a Christian name, but it was in general use in England in the 12th century and remained a favourite until the 17th century. The usual English form was Letice or Lettice, but the French Lece (latinized as Lecia) was common in the 12th and 13th centuries.
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