Given name
Latisha
“one who brings joy to others”
Latisha is a variant of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Latisha is a variant of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Latisha 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 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Latisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,444
- 38 boys · 18,406 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 1,180 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,175 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,578 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.
Latisha’s family of names
Latisha has an affectionate form in Tisha. Latisha has a related form in Letitia. In English usage, Latisha has a related form in Lateisha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Latisha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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