Letty
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning happy, joyful; a form of Letitia.
Letty by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Letty. In the US, 155 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 160 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Letitia
Like Letty, 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 Letty. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Letydiminutive of Leticia, meaning happiness7 in the US (2017)
- Letti35 in the US (2017)
- Leslygarden of hollies; spelling variant of Leslie197 in the US (2017)
- Lettiejoy; a diminutive of Letitia49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lemmystrong man; a form of Lemuel15 in the US (2017)
- Lottilittle or womanly; a form of Charlotte13 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean joy
Like Letty, 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 Letty
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