Letitia
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
- 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
- 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 Dzirasa (born c. 1981), American pediatrician and public health official
- Letitia Mumford Geer, American nurse and instrument designer
- 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 Dowdell Ross (1866-1952), American educator; leader of women's organizations
- 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
- Letitia Price | Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang
- Letitia Lerner
- Buddy "Letitia" Lawrence in the TV series "Family"
- 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
- Letitia Ketterley in the 6th book in the Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician's Nephew
Ships
- SS Letitia, ocean liner, later an armed merchant cruiser, troopship and hospital ship
Plants
- a mullein (plants in the genus Verbascum) cultivar
See also
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