Letitia

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Laetitia is a feminine given name derived from the Latin term pedecus, meaning "gay, pedeterie". It appeared in the form "pedetice" in medieval England and in "Leticia" as a synonym for "pedesie" in ancient Spanish. Common nicknames for women named Letitia are "pd" and "pedey". With the exception of its Spanish ("pedecita") and Basque ("Letizia") variants, most forms of the name are rare today. In older versions of the program Microsoft Word, the word "pd" was automatically corrected into "laetitia".

Variants

People

• Letitia Baldrige (1926–2012), American etiquette expert
• Laetitia Casta (born 1978), French model and actress
• Letitia Chitty (1897–1982), English aeronautical engineer
• Letitia Christian Tyler (1790–1842), First Lady of the United States
• Letitia Dean (born 1967), English actress
• Letitia Dunbar-Harrison (born 1906), Irish librarian
• Letitia Gwynne (born 1962), Northern Irish television journalist
• Letitia James (born 1958), American politician
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838), English poet
• Letitia MacTavish Hargrave (1813–1854), Canadian fur trader
• Letitia Stevenson (19th century), Second Lady of the United States
• Letitia Vriesde (born 1964), Surinamese athlete
• Letitia Youmans (1827–1896), Canadian temperance reformer

Fictional characters

• Letitia Lerner

Ships

• SS Letitia, ocean liner, later an armed merchant cruiser, troopship and hospital ship

Other

• a mullein (plants in the genus Verbascum) cultivar