Latishia
Feminine · “Joy”
Latishia is one of the American spellings of Letitia, from the Latin laetitia, 'joy', and it writes the name the way Americans say it. One Letitia lived quietly in the White House and was the first First Lady to die there.
How old is the name Latishia?
Latishia first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Latishia alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 600 people named Latishia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Latishia most popular?
Latishia peaked in 1979, reaching #2304 nationally. See the whole 1979 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Laetitia to Latishia
The story of Latishia
Laetitia was a Latin word for gladness and, in Roman times, a personified virtue. English simplified the Latin ae to a plain e — the same change that turned encyclopedia into encyclopedia — so the name arrived as Letitia; the first A of Latishia happens to land back on the Latin's first vowel, though it came there by way of American sound rather than Latin. Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of President John Tyler, had suffered a stroke before he took office and made one public appearance as First Lady, at her daughter's White House wedding; she died there in September 1842, the first presidential wife to do so. American families of the later twentieth century took up the name in a spread of spellings, Latisha, Leticia and Latishia among them.
Meaning
Joy
From Latin laetitia, 'joy, gladness'.
How the name formed
- Laetitia
- Letitia
- Latishia
Related forms: Laetitia · Leticia · Letizia · Laetitia · Lettice
Pronouncing Latishia
luh-TEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second; the ti is said sh, as in nation.
Nicknames for Latishia
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
- 1964
- Most girls named
- 197941 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2304reached in 1979
- Change vs 1997
- 0.0%5 in 1998, 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.
Latishia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Laetitia in Latin — same name
- Leticia in Spanish — same name
- Letizia in Italian — same name
- Laetitia in French — same name
- Lettice in English — related form
Latishias among us
people named Latishia 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
Latishia 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
- A settled meaning, 'joy', that is easy to explain.
- Belongs to a name with forms in Spanish, Italian, French and English.
- Comes with established short forms, Tish and Tisha.
- Latisha and Leticia are the spellings people expect, so it will need spelling out.
- The -shia ending is rare even among the variants; expect it to be 'corrected' on forms.
- It is closely tied to its era, which reads as warmly familiar to some and dated to others.
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Frequently asked
- How many Latishias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Latishia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Latishia in 2025?
- Latishia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Latishia with classmates?
- Latishia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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