The nameLætitia

Meaning

Lætitia comes from the Latin laetitia, "joy, gladness". The English Letitia and Lettice are the same name.

Origin

Latin. Letizia Ramolino, Napoleon's mother, made it famous. It is also spelled Laetitia or Létitia.

History

Lætitia peaked in France in the early 1980s.

Lætitia in other languages

Laetitia is the French spelling of the Latin laetitia, "joy". It is Letizia in Italian, Leticia in Spanish, Letícia in Portuguese and Lettice in old English.

Famous people named Lætitia

• Letizia Bonaparte, mother of Napoleon
• Laetitia Casta, actress and model

Popularity of the name Lætitia

Lætitia in France

Lætitia was most popular in France in the 1980s, with 66,270 births over the decade, 46% of all recorded babies named Lætitia. Its rise began around 1969, and it peaked in 1982. Half of all babies named Lætitia in France were born before 1982, so it is mostly a parents' generation name. Over the last five years on record, it has been falling: 37 births a year on average, against 72 in the five years before.

Lætitia in Belgium

Lætitia was most popular in Belgium in the 1990s, with 513 births over the decade, 51% of all recorded babies named Lætitia. Half of all babies named Lætitia in Belgium were born before 1999.