Letitia

Letitia is a feminine given name derived from a Latin term laetitia meaning "joy, happiness". It appeared in the form "Lettice" in medieval England and in "Leticia" as a synonym for "happiness" in ancient Spanish. Common nicknames for women named Letitia are "Letty" and "Tisha". With the exception of its Spanish ("Letícia") and Basque ("Letizia") variants, most forms of the name are rare today. In older versions of the program Microsoft Word, the word "Lettice" was automatically corrected into "happiness".

Variants

• Letícia (Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian)
• Letitia (English)
• Latisha (English)
• Lettice (English)
• Lettie (English)
• Letty (English)
• Tisha (English)
• Lätitia (German)
• Lätitzia (German)
• Tizia (German)
• Lätitia (German)
• Titia (German)
• Laetitia (French, Late Latin), (German)
• Letizia (Italian), (Corsican)
• Letiţia (Romanian), Moldovan)
• Летиция (Russian)
• Летисия (Russian)
• Leticia (Spanish)
• Lelê (Portuguese)
• Leca (Portuguese)
• Leleca (Portuguese)
• Tica (Portuguese)
• Letycja (Polish)
• Leitis (Scottish)
• Ledicia (Scottish)
• Leti (Spanish)
• Letisya (Turkish)
• Lezinha (Portuguese)

People

• Letitia Baldrige (1926-2012), American etiquette expert
• 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 (born 1906), Irish librarian
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838), English poet
• Letitia Gwynne (born 1962), Northern Irish television journalist
• Letitia James (born 1958), American politician
• Letitia Lerner, a fictional character
• Letitia MacTavish Hargrave (1813–1854), Canadian fur trader
• Letitia Stevenson (19th century), Second Lady of the United States
• Letitia Vriesde (born 1964), Surinamese athlete
• Letitia Youmans (1827–1896), Canadian temperance reformer
• Laetitia Casta (born 1978), French model and actress.

Ships

• SS Letitia, ocean liner, later an armed merchant cruiser, troopship and hospital ship

Other

• a mullein (plants in the genus Verbascum) cultivar