Given name
Laetitia
“one who brings joy to others”·“happiness”
In English use, Laetitia is a variant of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.” Laetitia is a form of Lettice. One Latin interpretation is “happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Laetitia is a variant of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.” Laetitia is a form of Lettice. One Latin interpretation is “happiness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Laetitia is a variant of Letitia. An origin associated with Letitia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laetitia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 375
- 0 boys · 375 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 883 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Laetitia’s family of names
Laetitia has a short form in Tia. In French usage, Laetitia shares an earlier linguistic root with LIESSE. In German usage, Laetitia has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Leticia.
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Around the world
Laetitia has relatives in 8 languages.
15 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Leticiavariant · German, Spanish
- Tiashort form
- Letiziavariant · German, Italian
- Letitiavariant · French, English
- Létitiavariant · French
- Lætitiavariant · French
- Tittypet form
- Lätiziavariant · German
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laetitia
- Laetitia CastaFrench actress and modelborn 1978
- Laetitia DoschFrench actress and filmmakerborn 1980
- Laetitia MeignanFrench judokaborn 1960
- Laetitia MassonFrench film director and screenwriterborn 1966
- Marie Bonaparte-WyseFrench writer, editor (1831–1902)
- Laetitia KyIvory Coast feminist artist (1996–)
- Laetitia ColombaniFrench actress, director and writerborn 1976
- Laetitia Moma BassokoCameroonian volleyball playerborn 1993
- Princess Laetitia Maria of BelgiumBelgian and Austro-Este Imperial and Royalborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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