Given name
Laquitta
“a quiet and wellbehaved child”
Laquitta is a variant of Laqueta. One American interpretation is “a quiet and wellbehaved child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laquitta is a variant of Laqueta. One American interpretation is “a quiet and wellbehaved child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Laquitta is a variant of Laqueta. An origin associated with Laqueta is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laquitta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 707
- 0 boys · 707 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 34 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 7 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 541 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.
Laquitta’s family of names
Laquitta has a related form in Laqueta.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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