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Leticia
Say it: leh-TEE-syah
Meaning
Latin laetitia 'joy, gladness'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 42,588 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 1976, about 1 in 1,400 girls
- 122 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
MexicanCentral AmericanAndeanArgentineCaribbeanSpanishBrazilian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lety
| Portuguese | Letícia |
|---|---|
| Italian | Letizia |
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.