Lettie
Lettie Origin and Meaning
Lettie, also spelled Letty, is a nickname name not heard in over a century, giving it the patina of a treasured antique. Lettie's style currency is rising with the trend for old-fashioned, down-to-earth nickname, such as Lottie, Hettie, Hattie, Josie, and Maisie.
One of Joan Crawford's early hit roles was in 1932 as the eponymous heroine of the film Letty Lynton, in which she wore a dress--dubbed the Letty Lynton dress--that became a national fad. More recently, the name appeared on characters in the novel and film Howl's Moving Castle and in the musical, The Greatest Showman.
Originally used as a short form for Letitia (or Lettice), if that doesn't appeal and you don't want to use Lettie on the birth certificate, other names with the nickname include Loretta, Violette, Scarlett, Elisabeth, Colette, Juliette, Violetta, Arlette, and potentially Charlotte or Elliot/Elliette.
A rising number of girls have been given the name in recent years, with more than 200 baby Letties registered in the US in 2023, while nearly 150 were called Letty. While both forms are currently outside the Top 1000, when you consider them together, Lettie feels as popular as the similar Lottie and Lacey. In the UK, Lettie is also currently just outside the Top 1000.
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Lettie Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Lettie
- LettieEnglish singer,songwriter
- Lettie Viljoenpen name of Ingrid Winterbach, South African writer
- Lettie Pate Whitehead EvansAmerican businesswoman, first woman on the Coca,Cola board of directors
- Lettie Hamlett RogersAmerican novelist
- Lettie TeagueAmerican food writer and journalist
The name Lettie in Pop Culture
- Lettie Hattercharacter in the book and film Howl's Moving Castle'.
- Lettie Mae Thorntoncharacter on TV's True Blood
- Lettie Hempstockcharacter in Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Leticia "Lettie" Bosticcharacter on TV's "A Different World"