Given name
Leatrice
“one who blesses others”·“born into the nobility”
Leatrice is a variant of Latrice. One English interpretation is “born into the nobility.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Leatrice carries the interpretation “one who blesses others.” Leatrice is a variant of Latrice. One English interpretation is “born into the nobility.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Leatrice is used as a form of Beatrix.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leatrice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,864
- 0 boys · 5,864 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 371 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 371 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,424 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.
Leatrice’s family of names
Leatrice has a related form in Latrice. Leatrice is a form of Beatrix. Leatrice has a related form in Leata.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
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.
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