Leticia
From the Latin *laetitia*, joy or gladness, a sense that has barely shifted in all the centuries since Rome. It stays rare in Poland, most people have never met a Leticia, but births are climbing again after a quiet spell.
Leticia Pronunciation
Leticia is pronounced le-TEE-chah (/lɛˈtit͡ɕa/).
What Leticia means
Where Leticia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Leticia comes from the Latin laetitia, a word that means joy or gladness. Roman writers used it plainly, and it appears on imperial coins as Laetitia, a small personification of public gladness holding a wreath. The name reached Spanish through Latin and settled there as Leticia, which is why the Spanish-speaking world claims it most warmly.
The short meaning has barely drifted. Joy is what the word said in Rome, and joy is what it says now. That is unusual for a name this old.
In a Polish class register, Leticia sits among the Zuzannas and Julias, foreign in shape yet easy to say. It keeps its Latin bones. No Polish diminutive has fixed itself to it, so it tends to stay whole: Leticia on the form at the urząd, and Leticia in the register, a Latin word for gladness worn as a name.
How many people are named Leticia
1 in 120555 women in Poland is named Leticia. 187 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2316 among female names.
Leticia's popularity over time
7 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #815 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2009.
Where Leticia is most popular
Leticia is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 888% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+244%) and Silesian (+137%).
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian4 girls born+888%
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+244%
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Silesian2 girls born+137%
Leticia as a middle name
Leticia is a first name for 187 women in Poland and a middle name for another 52, a 78/22 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 946th, between Jo (52) and Sofiia (52).
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#944 Haya52
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#945 Jo52
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#946 Leticia52
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#947 Sofiia52
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#948 Tiffany52