# Laetitia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laetitia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “happiness” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lætitia |
| US babies named this | 375 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 375 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 161, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Laetitia, laetitia (“happiness”).

## What it means

Laetitia is grouped under joy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 9,215 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,662 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,422 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,822 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,701 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10,908 |
| 2004 | 12 | 9,011 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,477 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,050 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,647 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,670 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,930 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,986 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,254 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,915 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | 2,105 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 10 | 1,952 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1,983 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 11 | 2,150 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1,909 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |

## People named Laetitia

- Laetitia Casta, French actress and model
- Laëtitia Le Corguillé, French bicycle motocross rider
- Laetitia Masson, French film director and screenwriter
- Laetitia Meignan, French judoka
- Laëtitia Eïdo, French actress
- Laetitia Marie Wyse Bonaparte, French writer, editor (1831–1902)
- Laëtitia Tonazzi, French football player
- Laetitia Moma Bassoko, Cameroonian volleyball player
- Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Belgian and Austro-Este Imperial and Royal
- Laëtitia Milot, French actress
- Laëtitia Payet, French judoka
- Laëtitia Philippe, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.