Latriece

Meaning & origin

Latriece is a modern American name that emerged in the early 1970s, part of a wave of invented La- prefixed names that were especially popular in African American communities. The name first appeared in Social Security records in 1971 and reached its highest point of usage in 1978, the peak year for this name. Despite this brief uptick, Latriece has never been a common name; it has consistently ranked outside the top 1000 and the 1 in N statistic is not calculable because the name is too rare to estimate a frequency. Since the 1980s, usage has declined to very low levels, and the name has become virtually unused in recent years. Although it has never charted in any state's top names, Latriece reflects a specific naming trend that flourished in the 1970s but has since faded. This unique and personal name carries no known historical or literary associations, and its meaning is best described as a creative combination of sounds that appealed to parents seeking a distinctive choice for their daughters.

Latriece is a modern coinage that first appeared in the United States during the 1970s. It follows a pattern of creating feminine names by adding the fashionable prefix La- to an existing name, in this case likely Tricia or a derivative of Patricia. The name saw its peak usage in 1978 but has never been widely common, and its use has remained very rare since the 1980s.