Girl · American (modern)
Latonya
Say it: luh-TAWN-yuh
Meaning
A modern African-American coinage combining the prefix La- with Tonya, a Russian pet form of Antonina.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Part of the La- naming fashion among African Americans, peaking in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 21,819 babies given this name since 1951
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: LaTonya, Latanya
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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