Name profile

Laetitia

Original Latin form of Letitia, as well as a French variant.

PronunciationFrench /le.ti.sja/
Usage languagesDutch, French, Late Roman
US rank (2019)#15,539

Meaning and history

Laëtitia is the original Latin form of Letitia and also a French variant. The name began to grow in popularity in France around the time Serge Gainsbourg released his 1963 song Elaeudanla Téïtéïa, whose title phonetically renders the letters of Lætitia, and it reached its peak in 1982 as the fourth most common girls’ name.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20002000: no US SSA record for this spelling
2001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 8 births, rank #12,420
2007: 6 births, rank #15,491
2008: 7 births, rank #13,832
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
20102010: 8 births, rank #12,276
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 7 births, rank #13,150
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
20152015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 8 births, rank #11,615
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
20192019: 5 births, rank #15,539

In 2019, 5 babies were recorded with the name Laetitia, ranking #15,539 among girls.