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Latressa
How to Pronounce Latressa
Pronounced luh-TRES-uh /ləˈtrɛs.ə/Medium
Meaning: Latressa joins the fashionable La- prefix to a Tressa element, drawn from Theresa or Tress, landing close to Latrice. It is a mid-century coinage, part of a wide family of La- names.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
Latressa is an American coinage attaching the popular La- prefix to a Tressa element, from Theresa or the word tress, and it sits right beside Latrice. La- names spread widely among African American families from the mid-century; Latressa appears in the 1960s and peaked around 1979.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its height, so a Latressa from that time would be in her forties today. It reads as a period coinage rather than a revival, with Latrice as its nearest familiar cousin.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Latressa mean?
It joins the La- prefix to a Tressa or Theresa element, close to Latrice.
How do you pronounce Latressa?
It's said luh-TRES-uh /ləˈtrɛs.ə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Latressa a boy or girl name?
Latressa is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Latressa?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high point in the late nineteen-seventies.