Laetitia

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Latin name meaning “joy”; variant spelling of Letitia

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Laetitia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 80th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 494(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 1.1K
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 4.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈140,000 people, est.

Sources
384 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 494 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Latin name meaning “joy”; variant spelling of Letitia.

Sources 1

  • Irish first names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Laetitia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Laetitia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#80≈140,000 est.≈1 in 494132KLaetitia384
BE Belgium#100≈10,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K5Laetitia124
CM Cameroon#417≈4,900 est.≈1 in 5.6K—Laetitia27
ZA South Africa—≈4,100 est.≈1 in 14K—Laetitia46
CH Switzerland#437≈2,000 est.≈1 in 4.1K—Laetitia86
NL Netherlands—1,4391 in 12K1.4KLaetitia43

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Laetitia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Laétitia, Laëtitia

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Laëtitia, Laétitia

  • Swahili given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, United States, Belgium, Rwanda

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

    Also written Laëtitia

  • Croatian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Switzerland, South Africa, Belgium

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

    Also written Laëtitia, Laêtitia

  • Czech given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Laëtitia, Lae͏̈titia

  • Russian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Belgium, Switzerland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Лаетитиа, Laëtitia

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Laetitia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, a female given name of 1980s popular usage, equivalent to English Letitia

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Du latin laetitia « allégresse, joie, liesse »; fêté comme prénom chrétien, associé à la joie.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Du latin laetitia « joie »; fête le 18 août (sainte Laetitia).

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Nom latin signifiant « allégresse ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Latin laetitia, 'joy, gladness'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

180018501900195020002050Lætitia Bonaparte, b. 1804Laetitia d'Arenberg, b. 1941Laetitia Meignan, b. 1960Laetitia Masson, b. 1966Laeticia Smet, b. 1975Laetitia Casta, b. 1978Laetitia Fourcade, b. 1978Laetitia Coryn, b. 1984Laetitia Guarino, b. 1992Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, b. 2003

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 64 sources across 39 countries.

Official registers attesting Laetitia
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024132K#2,110
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—1.4K#1,019
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—537#3,059
BE BelgiumStatbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns)20235#1,371
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—5#27,027
FR FranceDictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007)———
NL NetherlandsBabynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)———
FR FranceDictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009)———
FR FranceLe Grand Guide des Prénoms———

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Laetitia mean, and where does it come from?
Latin name meaning “joy”; variant spelling of Letitia. Recorded by Irish first names.
In which country does Laetitia have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 137 thousand people named Laetitia in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laetitia.
Is Laetitia a male or female name?
Laetitia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Laetitia?
In the etymology graph, Leticia, Latisha and Tisha are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Laetitia?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,439 people named Laetitia, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
How common is Laetitia compared with other names?
In France, Laetitia is the 80th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Laetitia” — the 80th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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