Letitia

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Letitia is a feminine given name derived from a Latin term laetitia meaning "joy, happiness." It appeared in the form "Lettice" in medieval England and in "Leticia" as a synonym for "happiness" in ancient Spanish, but they are rarely used today. In older versions of the program Microsoft Word, the word "Lettice" was automatically corrected into "happiness".

Variants

Letícia (Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian)
Letitia (English)
Latisha (English)
Lettice (English)
Lettie (English)
Letty (English)
Tisha (English)
Titty (English)
Lätitia (German)
Lätitzia (German)
Tizia (German)
Lätitia (German)
Titia (German)
Laetitia (French, Late Latin), (German)
Letizia (Italian), (Corsican)
Letiţia (Romanian), Moldovan)
Летиция (Russian)
Летисия (Russian)
Leticia (Spanish)
Lelê (Portuguese)
Leca (Portuguese)
Leleca (Portuguese)
Tica (Portuguese)
Letycja (Polish)
Leitis (Scottish)
Ledicia (Scottish)
Leti (Spanish)
Letisya (Turkish)
Lezinha (Portuguese)

People

Letitia Baldrige (born 1925), American etiquette expert
Letitia Christian Tyler (1790–1842), First Lady of the United States
Letitia Dean (born 1967), English actress
Letitia Dunbar-Harrison (born 1906), Irish librarian
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838), English poet
Letitia Gwynne (born 1962), Northern Irish television journalist
Letitia James (born circa 1967), American politician
Letitia Lerner, a fictional character
Letitia MacTavish Hargrave (1813–1854), Canadian fur trader
Letitia Stevenson (19th century), Second Lady of the United States
Letitia Vriesde (born 1964), Surinamese athlete
Letitia Youmans (1827–1896), Canadian temperance reformer
Laetitia Casta (born 1978), French model and actress.

Ships

SS Letitia, ocean liner, later an armed merchant cruiser, troopship and hospital ship
USS Letitia (SP-398), a boat or ship the United States Navy at least considered for World War I service but for which no records have been found

Other

a mullein (plants in the genus Verbascum) cultivar