Letícia

Meaning & origin

Letícia is a girl's name of Portuguese origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "Joy, gladness, the Portuguese form of Letitia, from Latin laetitia 'happiness, delight.' The same root gives English 'glee' and the Italian Letizia. A warm and celebratory name long used across the Portuguese-speaking world, it wishes the bearer a life marked by lightness of heart and abundant gladness." and belongs to the Joy cluster — names that celebrate happiness and lightness of spirit.

Common among Brazilian, Portuguese, Spanish, Angolan, Mozambican, CapeVerdean families, Letícia carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Letícia

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Letícia resonates in either tradition.

How Letícia sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Letícia breaks down into 6 phonemes: /L-EH-T-K-IH-AA/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Letícia — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

The six signals, applied to Letícia

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Letícia maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.