Given name & surname
Leti
“gladness”
Leti is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leti is a diminutive of Leticia. Leticia means “gladness.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Leti is a diminutive of Leticia. Leticia comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Leti is a diminutive of Leticia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 0 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 432 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.
Leti’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Leti is a diminutive of Leticia. In Greek usage, Leti as a surname is a transliteration of Λέτη.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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