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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.

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ByQuaintAzureWasp · 08/06/2026 13:56

Of course she will be called lettuce!

lilibetspet · 08/06/2026 13:55

user293948849167 · 08/06/2026 13:51

Lettice will be pronounced Lettuce quite often I think, and she will probably be called Lettuce in school!
Letitia is nicer

Pronounced correctly, yes, but I feel lettuce is marginally better than leTITia -l

UnimatrixZeroOne · 08/06/2026 13:53

Lettice is just silliness!
The other 2 are simply horrible.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 08/06/2026 13:53

Not sure why would call your child lettuce, knowing they’d be called that. How is Letitia pronounced? I presume le-tit-ia? If so, that’s worse. I don’t like leticia but it’s the best of the 3

Hinthebuild · 08/06/2026 13:52

Love it! As you said, people can be quite thick. If you worry about how a name could be mispronounced, you’d have to stick to only the most basic of names.

user293948849167 · 08/06/2026 13:51

Lettice will be pronounced Lettuce quite often I think, and she will probably be called Lettuce in school!
Letitia is nicer

TheGriffle · 08/06/2026 13:49

Your child would forever be called Lettuce. Would you like to be named Lettuce yourself as I know I wouldn’t.

lavenderscenteddrawerliners · 08/06/2026 13:48

Even if you aren't bothered I think your child might be bothered by being called Lettuce. I've never heard of Lettice, nevermind it being pronounced Lehteece.

StabiaGirl · 08/06/2026 13:47

Boris says yes.