Given name
Latosha
“filled with happiness”
Latosha is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
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 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Latosha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,442
- 0 boys · 6,442 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 482 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 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 482 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,533 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.
Latosha’s family of names
Latosha has a related form in Latoshia. Latosha has a related form in Latoshah. Latosha has a related form in Latoshea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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