Laeticia ...discuss

[WhiteMagnolia]

I am wavering between commiting to and then suddenly disliking this name! Due any minute...help! What would be your thoughts on a child with this name? Thank you!

[WhiteMagnolia]

Meant to say that middle might be phoebe with a double barrelled surname...

[SabineUndine]

Absolutely love it! Also Phoebe.

[julfin]

Really like it (and phoebe). Very sophisticated and beautiful too. The combination of the two names has such a lovely bright happy meaning!

Would you have a nickname? I've always thought Lettie is cute.

[WhiteMagnolia]

Yes my dd1 is a clementine - so Clemmie and Lettie!

[Toomuch2young]

Never heard of it. Is it pronounced 'let ee sha'

[WhiteMagnolia]

Le-tish-a is how I would say it...

[julfin]

Toomuch - it means "happiness" or "delight" in Latin.

Whitemagnolia - what a gorgeous combination! They are both worthy of each other.

[LittleBearPad]

No, sorry. It looks like a prescription drug or disease. Phoebe is lovely.

[GiddyOnZackHunt]

If you pronounce it like that wouldn't it get spelt Letitia?

[WhiteMagnolia]

It could be giddy - not adverse to having the easiest spelling for people to spell/pronounce it right...but I think traditionally it is spelt with a lae as that is how the Latin word is spelt *was a bit of a geeky classicist so you have to excuse that!

[GiddyOnZackHunt]

I'm not disputing that :) and if you're a classics geek I daresay you're right! But if you said it to a classics numpty like me (and most people I suspect!) I'd spell it that way. If you're fine with a life time of spelling it for people then go for it. :)

[BackforGood]

I suspect she'd have a lifetime of no-one ever being able to spell her name correctly. That does get annoying after a while.....

[Melfish]

I would have spelt it Laetitia? With the 'c' spelling wouldn't that be a hard c in Latin (casts mind back to Caecilius est in horto)?

[Sophronia]

I would have also spelt it Laetitia

[IoraRua]

Also chiming in with a Laetitia spelling, and would pronounce Lae-tee-cha. Have taught one, it's a beautiful name.

[blowmybarnacles]

Sounds like a word for a tear to the labia.

[JazzAnnNonMouse]

I knew one once and I'm afraid the connotations for me are of the stereotype of American trash. For me it's there with the legend of la-a. It would be like calling a child lambrini to me.
Sorry

[saffronwblue]

Queen of Spain is Letizia which is a nice version.

[AllPowerfulLizardPerson]

I prefer the spelling Laetitia, and would pronounce it Le-tee-shi-a

[ThenLaterWhenItGotDark]

I like it and teach 4 here in Italy (Letizia-Lettie) But. it's very old lady, which is probably not an issue for you. I agree with pp that in the US it would be a bit of a Jeremy Kyle guest kind of name though. (Letisha) and,.perhaps more relevant- the isha ending might get lots of 'atishoo' jokes. It doesn't here, because it's pn itsia...just worth considering. For the sake of people who would definitely get it wrong, I'd use the simple spelling as well.

[LadyPenelope68]

Beautiful name (was my Grandmother's name), but I'd spell it like she did as Letitia (pronounced Le-tish-a).

[ProfYaffle]

Letitia was a common name in the Victorian north west, very often with the nn Lettuce. I like it