Meaning of the nameLethícia

Female
Latin origin
Le-thí-ci-a

Lethícia is a spelling of the name Letícia, which means “joy”.

Meaning

“joy”

Meaning of the name Letícia, of which Lethícia is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Letícia · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Letícia · Behind the Name: Letitia

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People (2022): 2,510
Rank in Brazil: #4,405
Median age: 18 years
2010 Census: 1,339; people

Lethícia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lethícia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,141 people).

2,496 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Lethícia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lethícia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
São Paulo 0.002%
Paraná 0.001%
Pernambuco 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	677	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	364	0.002%
Minas Gerais	248	0.001%
Paraná	148	0.001%
Pernambuco	118	0.001%
Goiás	111	0.002%
Bahia	96	0.001%
Ceará	86	0.001%
Santa Catarina	75	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	70	0.003%
Distrito Federal	64	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	55	0.001%
Espírito Santo	46	0.001%
Amazonas	41	0.001%
Paraíba	41	0.001%
Mato Grosso	39	0.001%
Maranhão	38	0.001%
Alagoas	38	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Pará	29	0.000%
Sergipe	26	0.001%
Piauí	21	0.001%
Rondônia	17	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Lethícia

It adds an H after the T; almost everyone with this spelling was born in the 1990s or later.

About the name Letícia

The name comes from Latin laetitia, which Wiktionary translates as 'great joy; pleasure' and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), as 'joy'. Behind the Name gives the Latin name Laetitia the sense of 'joy, happiness' and lists Letícia as the Portuguese form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 487,449 people named Letícia, with a median age of 20. Lethicia is among the spelling variants listed by the dictionary.

Other spellings of Letícia

Spelling	People (2022)
Letícia	487,449
Lethícia	2,510

Sources

Wiktionary: Letícia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Letícia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Letitia · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Lethícia

What does the name Lethícia mean?

Lethícia means “joy”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Letícia, of which Lethícia is a spelling.

How many people are named Lethícia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,510 people with the first name Lethícia, which ranks it number 4,405 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Lethícia a boy's or a girl's name?

Lethícia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,496 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Lethícia?

Lethícia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lethícia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.002% of the state's population is named Lethícia (364 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Lethícia?

Letícia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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