Leta - Meaning of Leta

What does Leta mean?

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Leta

[ 2 syll. le-ta, let-a ] The baby girl name Leta is pronounced as LIY-Taa- †. Leta has its origins in the Latin and African-Swahili languages. It is used largely in the English language. From African-Swahili roots, its meaning is 'bring'.

Leta is a short form of the Greek, English, and Spanish Aleta.

Leta is also a derivative (English) of the English and French Laetitia.

Leta has 17 derivatives. Derivatives of the name include Leata, Leda, Ledaea, Ledah, Leeda, Leeta, Leida, Leita, Leyda, Leyta, Lida, Lita, Loida, Loyda, Luda, Lyda, and Lyta.

See also the related categories, swahili, english, and latin.

Leta is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1905 with 0.032% of baby girls being given the name Leta. It was #343 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a substantial decline in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very modest scale. Among all girl names in its family, Leta was nonetheless the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Leta include Leitha, Lita, Ladi, Lady, Laidey, Laidy, Laleete, Lata, Latai, Ledah, Leotee, Leoti, Leoty, Lethe, Leto, Letti, Lettie, Letty, Leuedai, and Lida.

† Pronunciation for Leta: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"