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Leotta
How to Pronounce Leotta
Pronounced lee-OT-uh /liˈɑt.ə/Medium
Meaning: Leotta is a fuller, decorated form of Leota, a name that circulated in the nineteenth-century United States. Leota's exact origin is uncertain; it may draw on the Leo root meaning lion or simply reflect the era's taste for melodious coinages. The extra -tta ending of Leotta lends it a softer, more ornate finish.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
Leotta is an ornamented form of Leota, a name used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries whose origin was never firmly settled. Some tie it faintly to the Leo root for lion; others see it simply as one of the many pleasant-sounding coinages of the period. The doubled-t ending gives Leotta an extra softness, and like its parent it belongs to an older, home-grown American naming taste.
Leotta was always rare, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its high around 1921, and it had faded by mid-century. A girl named Leotta then would be a great-grandmother today.
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What does the name Leotta mean?
It is an ornamented form of Leota, an early American name of uncertain origin, sometimes tied faintly to the Leo root for lion.
How do you pronounce Leotta?
It is said lee-OT-uh /liˈɑt.ə/, three syllables with the stress on the middle.
Is Leotta a boy or girl name?
Leotta is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Leotta?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its high in the early nineteen-twenties.