Letícia Forename
Approximately 41,287 people bear this name
Letícia Forename User-submission:
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.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 13,520 | 1:15,846 | 1,564 |
| Mexico | - | 9,246 | 1:13,427 | 1,009 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,240 | 1:4,366 | 862 |
| Spain | - | 3,152 | 1:14,762 | 969 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,699 | 1:9,991 | 1,166 |
| Portugal | - | 1,476 | 1:7,053 | 498 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 945 | 1:11,038 | 1,263 |
| Argentina | - | 932 | 1:45,894 | 1,365 |
| Guatemala | - | 839 | 1:19,200 | 1,169 |
| Canada | - | 428 | 1:77,414 | 4,353 |
| Uruguay | - | 424 | 1:8,084 | 658 |
| France | - | 232 | 1:286,510 | 3,992 |
| Philippines | - | 218 | 1:486,282 | 16,382 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 106 | 1:33,493 | 1,149 |
| Chile | - | 98 | 1:179,665 | 3,478 |
| Belgium | - | 88 | 1:130,569 | 3,948 |
| Italy | - | 86 | 1:710,024 | 6,792 |
| Panama | - | 85 | 1:45,959 | 3,191 |
| Switzerland | - | 78 | 1:105,301 | 3,249 |
| Hungary | 100% | 78 | 1:125,536 | 810 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 53 | 1:569,847 | 14,640 |
| Nicaragua | - | 42 | 1:143,294 | 4,249 |
| Peru | - | 35 | 1:908,327 | 12,675 |
| Cape Verde | - | 30 | 1:17,638 | 1,406 |
| Cuba | - | 27 | 1:426,169 | 3,099 |
| Colombia | - | 23 | 1:2,077,345 | 17,160 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13 | 1:408,466 | 2,011 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Paraguay | - | 11 | 1:657,891 | 5,571 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 7 | 1:27,428 | 2,105 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Costa Rica | - | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Romania | 100% | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
The alternate forms: Leticia (1,248,672), Lèticia (620) & Léticia (30) are calculated separately.
Letícia (139) may also be a surname.
Letícia Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
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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