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Laterria
How to Pronounce Laterria
Pronounced luh-TAIR-ee-uh /ləˈtɛr.i.ə/Medium
Meaning: Laterria is a modern American coinage that joins the fashionable La- prefix to a -terria ending echoing Terry and Sierra. It was made for its rolling, melodic sound within a large family of La- names rather than to carry a fixed dictionary 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
Laterria is a modern African-American coinage, fitting the popular La- prefix onto a -terria ending that echoes Terry and Sierra. Names of this shape flourished in the later twentieth century, valued for their music and individuality. Laterria is invented rather than inherited, built for its rhythm in the style of many La- names of its day.
Laterria was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1993, and it stayed rare across its span. A girl named Laterria then is in her thirties today.
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What does the name Laterria mean?
It is a modern coinage joining the La- prefix to a -terria ending echoing Terry and Sierra; it was made for its sound.
How do you pronounce Laterria?
It is said luh-TAIR-ee-uh /ləˈtɛr.i.ə/, four syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Laterria a boy or girl name?
Laterria is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Laterria?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.