Given name
Latonya
“daughter of the fairy queen”
Latonya is a variant of Latanya. One American interpretation is “daughter of the fairy queen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Latonya is a variant of Latanya. One American interpretation is “daughter of the fairy queen.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Latonya is a variant of Latanya. An origin associated with Latanya is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Latonya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21,824
- 67 boys · 21,757 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 1,296 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,290 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,400 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.
Latonya’s family of names
In English usage, Latonya has a conventional equivalent in the German form Antonia. Latonya has a related form in Latanya. In English usage, Latonya has a related form in Latonia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Latonya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Latonya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Latanja
“daughter of the fairy queen”
>99% girls
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“the shining light”
>99% girls
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“queen of the fairies”
>99% girls
Quinta
“the fifth girl” · “queen's lawn”
17% boys · 83% girls
Kiska
“one who is pure; virginal”
>99% girls
Katrin
“one who is pure; virginal”
>99% girls
Kandie
“a queen” · “one who is white and glowing”
>99% girls
Cleopatra
“a father's glory; of the royal family”
>99% girls