Given name & surname
Latona
“to be hidden”
Latona is a feminine given name. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Latona goes back to a word meaning “to be hidden.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
In mythological stories, Latona is associated with the Roman equivalent of Leto, the mother of Artemis and Apollo.
Latona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 345
- 0 boys · 345 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 23 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 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 as a first name in 2020; 1,336 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Latona’s family of names
Latona has a related form in Latonia. Latona has a related form in Lantoniah. Latona has a related form in Latonah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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