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Latrena
How to Pronounce Latrena
Pronounced luh-TREE-nuh /ləˈtriː.nə/Medium
Meaning: Latrena is a mid-century American coinage pairing the La- prefix with the -trena sound of Trena and Katrina (ultimately from Katherine). It was created for its rhythm rather than inherited.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
Latrena is an American coinage that joins the fashionable La- prefix to a -trena ending in the family of Trena and Katrina (from Katherine). Names like it spread among African American families in the 1960s and 1970s. Latrena reached a small high around 1973 and was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year.
A girl named Latrena then would be in her fifties now, a Gen-X-era coinage. It reads as a smooth, of-its-decade invention and has not revived, though its Katrina-like ending keeps it easy on the ear.
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What does the name Latrena mean?
It is a coined name joining the La- prefix with a -trena ending echoing Trena and Katrina.
How do you pronounce Latrena?
It's said luh-TREE-nuh /ləˈtriː.nə/, three syllables.
Is Latrena a boy or girl name?
Latrena is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Latrena?
It has always been rare, a coined name given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak.