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Loeta
How to Pronounce Loeta
Pronounced loh-EE-tuh /loʊˈiːtə/Low
Meaning: Loeta is a variant of Leta, from the Latin laetus or laeta, meaning glad or joyful; it also sits near the Lolita and Lita family of names, and reads as an elaborated form of Leta.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
Loeta shadowed the small vogue for Leta and its relatives, a gently old-fashioned name suggesting gladness.
The name was always rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high around 1928, and it had faded from records by the late nineteen-fifties. A girl named Loeta at that peak would be nearing a hundred today. It reads as a vintage variant of Leta.
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What does the name Loeta mean?
It is a variant of Leta, from the Latin laetus meaning glad or joyful.
How do you pronounce Loeta?
It is said loh-EE-tuh /loʊˈiːtə/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Loeta a boy or girl name?
Loeta is a girl's name.
How popular is Loeta?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year around the late nineteen-twenties.