Lateshia
Feminine
Lateshia puts a prefix on a base that was already assembled, which makes it a second-generation build. The Latin word its front approaches has produced a family of English words that runs from the grandest to the most destructive.
How old is the name Lateshia?
Lateshia first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Lateshia alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 700 people named Lateshia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lateshia most popular?
Lateshia peaked in 1985, reaching #2440 nationally. See the whole 1985 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lateshia
The Latin littera means a letter of the alphabet, and English has taken a surprising spread of words from it. Literature is, at root, writing made of letters. Literal means according to the letters. Literacy and illiterate are obvious once seen. And obliterate is the sharpest of them: ob-litterare, to strike out the letters, to erase writing from a wax tablet or scrape it from parchment — which is why the word means total destruction and not merely damage. The picture underneath is of a text being removed so completely that nothing can be recovered from the surface. Medieval scribes did exactly that to reuse expensive parchment, and modern imaging can sometimes read what they scraped off, which means the obliteration was not quite as complete as the word implies.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The prefix is a free American element and the base belongs to a family built in America from a syllable and an ending. Nothing records either join. Glosses connecting this family to Latin or Arabic words are supplied afterwards on the strength of resemblance.
Pronouncing Lateshia
luh-TEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The prefix is light and disappears in quick speech, which is why the name is often heard as the base alone.
Nicknames for Lateshia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 198941 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2440reached in 1985
- Change vs 1998
- 0.0%5 in 1999, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lateshias among us
people named Lateshia are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lateshia sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Middle stress on three syllables is the easiest rhythm English offers.
- Two of its three cuts produce usable short forms.
- The spelling is phonetic and can be written from hearing.
- Letitia, Lateisha and Latisha are all recorded and will be written for it.
- The name is firmly dated to the decades it was made in.
- Neither element carries a meaning, so the origin question has a short answer.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lateshias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Lateshia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lateshia in 2025?
- Lateshia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lateshia with classmates?
- Lateshia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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