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 is rarely used today.

Variants

• Letícia (Catalan, Hungarian)
• Letitia (English)
• Latisha (English)
• Lettice (English)
• Lettie (English)
• Letty (English)
• Tisha (English)
• Titty (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 (Portuguese, Spanish)
• Lelê (Portuguese)
• Leca (Portuguese)
• Leleca (Portuguese)
• Tica (Portuguese)
• Letycja (Polish)
• Leitis (Scottish)
• Ledicia (Scottish)
• Leti (Spanish)

People

• Letitia Baldrige (born 1925), American etiquette expert
• 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 circa 1967), 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
• USS Letitia (SP-398), a boat or ship the United States Navy at least considered for World War I service but for which no records have been found