Given name
Letoya
“one who is victorious”
Letoya is a variant of Latoya. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is victorious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Letoya is a variant of Latoya. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is victorious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Letoya is a variant of Latoya. An origin associated with Latoya is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Letoya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 282
- 0 boys · 282 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 24 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 260 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Letoya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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