Lettie
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning joy; a diminutive of Letitia.
How Lettie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2024 | #936 |
| 2025 | #757 |
Lettie by the numbers
In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Lettie. In the US, 83 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 201 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 1,600 American girls born that year was called Lettie.
Other names that come from Letitia
Like Lettie, each of these traces back to Letitia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lettie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lottiefree woman; from Charlotte1,222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Letti35 in the US (2017)
- Lesliegarden of holly; from a place name746 in the US (2017)
- Lexiedefender of men; diminutive of Alexis348 in the US (2017)
- Lenniestrong lion; a form of Leonard210 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lettyhappy, joyful; a form of Letitia155 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lettie
Names that are said the same way as Lettie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Letydiminutive of Leticia, meaning happiness7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean joy
Like Lettie, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lettie
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