Given name
Latanya
“daughter of the fairy queen”
Latanya is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “daughter of the fairy queen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “daughter of the fairy queen.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Latanya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,873
- 23 boys · 9,850 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 520 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 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 520 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,290 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.
Latanya’s family of names
Latanya has a related form in Latonya. Latanya has a related form in Latonia. Latanya has a related form in Latania.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Latanya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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