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Latayna
How to Pronounce Latayna
Pronounced luh-TAY-nuh /ləˈteɪnə/Medium
Meaning: Latayna is a modern invented American name, built from the fashionable La- prefix and a -tayna ending close to Tanya and Tayna. It belongs to the creative La- naming tradition of the mid-twentieth century and was coined for its graceful sound rather than a fixed meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Latayna is a coined African American girl's name pairing the popular La- prefix with a -tayna ending in the family of Tanya and Tayna. Rather than a dictionary meaning, its value lies in its smooth, flowing sound, part of the rich La- naming tradition of the nineteen-sixties and seventies.
Latayna was always rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1974. A girl named Latayna then is in her early fifties today, placing the name in a Generation X frame.
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What does the name Latayna mean?
It is a modern African American coined name, joining the La- prefix with a -tayna sound near Tanya.
How do you pronounce Latayna?
It is said luh-TAY-nuh /ləˈteɪnə/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Latayna a boy or girl name?
Latayna is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Latayna?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the mid-nineteen-seventies.