Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Lettice/Letitia/Leticia

134 replies

Wlkwith · 08/06/2026 13:46

Do you like Lettice (leh-teese)? DH has raised the concern that people may try to pronounce it like lettuce (which honestly doesn’t bother me much because people mispronounce a lot of simple names). Letitia and Leticia are also options for that reason.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
GreenMarigold · 08/06/2026 23:19

I know a little girl called Lettice, which is pronounced identically to Lettuce.

Lettie is a sweet nickname and suits her well, and I like that Lettice is an old name, but I just couldn’t choose it myself.

MirandaWhatsUp · 08/06/2026 23:17

Imagine the lifelong comments and bullying in school. Why even risk that.

DappledThings · 08/06/2026 23:16

Excellentsausages · 08/06/2026 23:08

I don't think this is right either.

Lettice is in Agatha Christie though (pronounced exactly like Lettuce at least in the tv adaptation).

Show quote history

I didn't see this. It's in The Magician's Nephew. Digory's aunt. Although Google tells me she was actually a Laetitia. Which is weird because I don't know where else I would have heard Lettice and I was sure it was there.

Titty Walker though was not short for either Lettice or Laetitia.

pasanda · 08/06/2026 23:16

I know someone called Lettuce!!

Excellentsausages · 08/06/2026 23:08

SpudGunToo · 08/06/2026 18:16

In which one? I don’t remember that at all.

Are you sure?

Show quote history

I don't think this is right either.

Lettice is in Agatha Christie though (pronounced exactly like Lettuce at least in the tv adaptation).

corblimeygvnr · 08/06/2026 22:44

Dean 😬

LadyGaGasPokerFace · 08/06/2026 22:40

I know a Romaine. If you’re going down the leafy salad route.

YourWinter · 08/06/2026 22:36

Might not bother you, but do you seriously not see that it might very much bother the poor child lumbered with a ridiculous name?

Dweeb63 · 08/06/2026 22:36

This reply has been withdrawn

This message has been withdrawn at the poster's request

Dweeb63 · 08/06/2026 22:35

This reply has been withdrawn

This message has been withdrawn at the poster's request

Fatcat12345 · 08/06/2026 22:31

My sisters' name is Laetitia, whe call her Tia. I think Laetitia, no matter which way it is spelled, is a beautiful name.

My name is quite unusual in the UK too, but not where I'm from. It's an easy name, but often mispronounced.

I cant imagine being called Lettice, don't do it!

JJB3 · 08/06/2026 22:19

SpudGunToo · 08/06/2026 19:51

Do you struggle with the concept of different accents?

Show quote history

It was an American man with a very standard American accent saying it, so it wasn’t his accent. There’s a difference between having an accent and definitively pronouncing something incorrectly.

TheWisePanda · 08/06/2026 21:10

I’m a Tudor history fan and love the name Lettice. I do get the point others are making that some people wouldn’t get it and that your kid would likely end up being called Lettuce though

lljkk · 08/06/2026 21:09

My dad has a "thing" about this name, which he encountered professionally. I won't elaborate further bcz nobody cares.

Leticia (millions of spellings, that's my dad' s bugbear) is a super common name and I would take great care to not spell it remotely close to Lettuce. It's pretty when pronounced 'uh' at the end, imho.

If you insist on a pronunciation like "le-tees" I would spell it kind of like that, maybe Leteese. It's like a red flag to bullies, though, so actually I wouldn't ever use it. I was bullied as a kid, I couldn't be brave about it.

youalright · 08/06/2026 21:06

Id like everyone to meet Lettice

Lettice/Letitia/Leticia
BuntyBeaufort · 08/06/2026 21:03

Obviously no Agatha Christie fans here. Murder at the Vicarage anyone? Book, play, tv? Lettice Protheroe, the vicar’s daughter, who may or may not have murdered the adulterous artist. Shakes head in despair ..

BurntBroccoli · 08/06/2026 20:50

Please don’t call her Lettice. As someone with a name that people used to take the piss out of from being 5, it affects you more than you’ll know.

Henriettina · 08/06/2026 20:48

There was a girl at my primary school called Lettice, and I remember being baffled about why she was called Lettuce. I’m sure lots of little kids would have asked her about her name, mostly innocently but probably still wasn’t fun.

I like Letitia!

NamingNoNames · 08/06/2026 20:29

@JJB3 , I once heard someone pronounce a missing child’s name (Liam) as lee-am
What's wrong with that?
It's not like they said Sean as Seen, Iain as Yane or Siobhan as Sigh-o-bun, is it, and none of those names are English anyway. (Apologies for missing fadas)

Bobbybobbins · 08/06/2026 20:12

Leticia is ok or Latisha if you prefer a different spelling.

Toothpastestain · 08/06/2026 20:11

Reminds me of school days when we would giggle at the Vicar whenever he said, "lettuce pray" 🤣

RapunzelHadExtensions · 08/06/2026 20:08

LETTICE?

SpudGunToo · 08/06/2026 19:51

JJB3 · 08/06/2026 19:14

To be blunt, I definitely question someone’s level of awareness and education when they seemingly do not understand how to pronounce simple words/names and don’t use basic context clues to help them sort it out. (Why in the world would anyone’s name be pronounced the same as lettuce?!) This obviously only applies to native English speakers.

I once heard someone pronounce a missing child’s name (Liam) as lee-am instead of lee-uhm and internally cringed.

Do you struggle with the concept of different accents?

wishfulthinking25 · 08/06/2026 19:36

I would pronounce it is lettuce

BreadInCaptivity · 08/06/2026 19:30

I like Lettice. But yes, people will mispronounce it.

I have a Celtic name (Celtic mother) and it often gets mispronounced by people the first time we meet (apart from when I’m in my mothers home territory 😃) , but I’m now well practiced in saying “actually it’s pronounced…..family heritage and all that” with a cheery smile and with only the very odd dickhead person it’s a one time wonder and never been an issue.

I love my name and get a lot of compliments on it.

My only gripe is that it’s become slightly more common than it was (in England) and I had the horror for the first time in my life 8ish months ago where there was a new starter with the same first name 😂