Given name & surname
Letizia
“happiness”·“one who brings joy to others”
Letizia is a form of Lettice. One Latin interpretation is “happiness.” Letizia is a variant of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Letizia is a form of Lettice. One Latin interpretation is “happiness.” Letizia is a variant of Letitia. One Latin interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Letizia is a form of Lettice. An origin associated with Lettice is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Letizia is used as a form of Lettice.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Letizia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 502
- 0 boys · 502 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,627 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,627 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 706 as a first name in 2020; 1,007 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.
Letizia’s family of names
In Italian usage, Letizia developed from the Latin form Laetitia. Letizia has a related form in Letitia. In Italian usage, Letizia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Letitia.
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Around the world
Letizia has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Letizia
- Queen Letizia of Spainqueen consort of Spain since 2014born 1972
- Letizia MorattiItalian businesswoman and politician (1949)
- Letizia PaternosterItalian racing cyclistborn 1999
- Letizia BattagliaItalian photographer (1935-2022)
- Letizia CiampaItalian actressborn 1986
- Letizia BertoniItalian sprinter and hurdlerborn 1937
- Letizia BorghesiItalian cyclistborn 1998
- Letizia QuarantaItalian actress (1892–1977)
- Letizia CameraItalian volleyball playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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