Letitia /lɪˈtɪʃə, lɪˈtiːʃə/ is a feminine given name, of Latin origin meaning "joy, gladness". The name Letitia has many variants, including but not limited to: Lætitia from lætus (Latin), Letja (Dutch), Letizia (Italian), Leticia (Spanish), Letisya (Turkish) and Letisha or Latisha (American). The name Letitia first appeared in the form Lettice in medieval England and is derived from the Roman goddess Lætitia of gaiety, symbolic of happiness, prosperity and abundance.
Variants
edit- Letícia (Portuguese, Spanish, Hungarian)
- Letitia (English), Spanish, Latin
- Letizia (Italian)
- Leata (English), Spanish
- Lätitia (German)
- Lätitzia (German)
- Tizia (German)
- Lätizia (German)
- Lattecha (Jamaican) Spanish
- Laetitia (French, Late Latin, German)
- Letizia (Italian, Corsican)
- Leticija (Latvian)
- Letiția (Romanian, Moldovan)
- Летиция (Russian)
- Летисия (Russian)
- Leticia (Spanish)
- Lelê (Portuguese)
- Leca (Portuguese)
- Letja (Dutch)
- Leleca (Portuguese)
- Tica (Portuguese)
- Letycja (Polish)
- Leitis (Scottish)
- Ledicia (Scottish)
- Leti (Spanish)
- Letisya (Turkish)
- Lezinha (Portuguese)
- Letisha (American)
- Latisha (American)
People
edit- Queen Letizia of Spain (born 1972), Queen of Spain
- Letitia Baldrige (1926–2012), American etiquette expert
- Letitia Carson (1814-1888), "Old Oregonian" of 1845, Black Homesteader
- Laetitia Casta (born 1978), French model and actress
- Letitia Chitty (1897–1982), English aeronautical engineer
- Letitia Christian Tyler (1790–1842), First Lady of the United States
- Letitia Dean (born 1967), English actress
- Letitia Dunbar-Harrison (1906–1994), Irish librarian
- Letitia Gwynne (born 1962), Northern Irish television journalist
- Letitia James (born 1958), American politician
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838), English poet
- Letitia MacTavish Hargrave (1813–1854), Canadian fur trader
- Letitia Semple (1821–1907), American society figure and unofficial First Lady
- Letitia Stevenson (1843-1913), Second Lady of the United States
- Letitia H. Verdin (born 1970), American state court judge from South Carolina
- Letitia Vriesde (born 1964), Surinamese athlete
- Lutitia "Tish" Harrison Warren (born 1979), American author and Anglican priest
- Letitia Wright (born 1993), Guyanese-English actress
- Letitia Youmans (1827–1896), Canadian temperance reformer
Fictional characters
edit- Letitia Lerner
- Leta Lestrange in the Fantastic Beasts films
- Letitia, Missy's mother in the film Surviving Christmas
- Letitia M. Slighcarp, recurring villain in Joan Aiken's The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- Letitia Mackenzie, in the TV series Outlander
- Letitia (Dandridge) Lewis in the TV series Lovecraft Country
- Laetitia Prism in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest
- Laetitia Bresson in the film Lupin III: The First
Ships
edit- SS Letitia, ocean liner, later an armed merchant cruiser, troopship and hospital ship
Other
edit- a mullein (plants in the genus Verbascum) cultivar