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What does Lettie mean?
Lettie ▼ as a name for girls is of Greek and Latin origin, and the name Lettie means "footloose; joy". Lettie is a version of Aleta (Greek): also respelling of Alethea. Lettie is also a variation of Letitia (Latin): Latin respelling of the name.
Variations
VARIANTS Letty, Lettee, Letta, Leta▼
RELATIONS VIA ALETA, LETITIA Alette, Laetitia, Latia, Letha▼, Letice, Leticia▼, Letizia, Lettice, Lettitia
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Lettie?
Lettie is a very popular first name for women (#1171 out of 4276, Top 27%) and a slightly less popular surname for both adults and children (#110523 out of 150436, Top 73%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Lettie reached its highest rank of #219 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #1792 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Letty (#1526 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Leticia (#1627), Aleta, Latia, Leta, Letha, Letitia and Letta are the prominent related forms of Lettie (#1792). Other forms, like Letizia, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Lettie reached its apex in the 1890s (AVERAGE #1009) and is now much reduced, with versions like Letitia becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Lettie▼ is pronounced similarly to Latoia, Leeta, Leota▼, Letoya, Lotie, Lotta▼, Lottee, Lottey, Lotti, Lottie▼ and Lotty. Other recommended sound-alike names are Attie, Beatie, Beattie, Bertie▼, Bethie, Betsie, Bette▼, Betti, Bettie▼, Bettine, Bettye▼, Dottie▼, Ettie▼, Gertie▼, Hattie▼, Hette, Hettie▼, Hittie, Jette, Kittie▼, Lealie, Leith, Leitha, Leithe, Leithia, Leonie, Leslie▼, Lethe, Lethia, Letrice, Lexie, Lezlie, Lidie, Lotte, Lydie, Mattie▼, Mette, Nattie, Netti, Nettia, Nettie▼, Pattie▼, Tottie, Yette and Yettie. These names tend to be less commonly used than Lettie.
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