LaToya

Eh, prefer Toya.

Beautiful! I think when the T is capitalized it adds more cultural identity to the name. I also love that it has a distinct spelling and pronunciation from her ancestor Victoria.

I think this name has a lot of potential. Also, I don't think it's that dated.

It's fine, I just personally don't like the "toy" in there. Lakisha is prettier.

Toya already sounded tacky and unattractive. Adding a "la" to it makes it even worse.

I love the name Latoya. I also have a best friend that has this name.

I don't like this name. I just don't.

There were several thinly veiled racist comments about this name but I was unable to reply to them. I was ashamed that one of those people has my own name. Almost every name you can think of has admirers and haters. I think most names should be respected and not overcriticized as long as they're not Hitler. So you met one person with a name and you didn't like them. Don't hold that against all the other people who just happen to share that name.

I love this name. Latoya or "Toya" is a cute, spunky name that suits a woman with class, intelligence, positive energy and style.

I really like this name, personally: but just because you all *don't* like it does not mean you can lump it together with all the other "ghetto and trashy" names.

I find Latoya to be a unique name. It gives the bearer of the name individuality and doesn't sound plain or overused like other names, like Mary or Emma.

I actually think this name is cute. "Toya" is too.

It's okay, but it's also unusual. It does have a ghetto vibe too.

In response to Francesca's comments- one of my favorite social workers was named LaToya. She was a beautiful, thoughtful older women who taught me a lot in the brief time I knew her. I'm sure she encountered plenty of discrimination because of her name, but she was a successful woman nonetheless.

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Besides- why does someone with a common "ghetto" (almost always means black) have to prove themselves as better than someone named Kaitlyn? Why have so little respect?

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And from what I've heard, Latoya does have an Arabic origin if you bother to look it up. But even if it had no meaning, that doesn't change anything.

I don't like prefixed names that much. I think if someone wants to name their kid this, they should write it as Latoya instead of LaToya.

My true dislike stems from the fact that it is a "kre8tiv" made up name. Which in turn means that it is fairly unintelligent in sound, unprofessional, uneducated, attempted ornate, pompous, and childish... among my personal opinion of "Ugly."
It is a failed venture of trying to appear "French." The addition of "La" to any given name immediately creates a trashy, tacky, and cheap appearance.
It certainly is not a name that will aid your child in the business world. A doctor by the name of LaToya Richards will not be hired as my heart surgeon. Nor would a LaToya Sparks be a favored lawyer in a case. Think of the whole picture, I beg.

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"Will this name prove to be an added barrier, possibly wrongly denying my child a position in a company?" "How will the world see it?" "Will my child be the object of gradeschool mocking?" and, "Will I be thanked later in life for the name I chose?"

Replying to the negative comment up there about the name being ¨trashy¨ and the fact you will not have a doctor or lawyer with the name LaToya and all the negative things you said. You are the exact kind of person I am going to prove wrong in life. You are probably just a bitter person and mad at the world because your name is Francesca. If my name was that I would be bitter and negative at the world as well :(. Just because you have a basic name does not mean you can hate on the uniqueness and creativity of the name Latoya. Specifically my name. Best believe if I were to stoop to your level and bash your name you most definitely would not be happy with what I would have to say. Since I am not like and hopefully never will be like you I hope you have a great rest of your day.

Francesca, I respect your opinion but I don't agree with it. It is very ignorant but interesting to know people think like that. My name is La Toya. I'm educated and have a very well respected reputation. Is it really true that people will shoot down my resume because of my name even though I have much experience to bring to the table? I'm surprised by this.

Latoya comes from one of the nicknames for Victoria which is Toya. I like the name. My first name is Victoria. Latoya is not trashy, it comes from a name that is regal.

I think LaToya is a really pretty and unique name. I can't believe people hate it so much.

No offense, but it is really ugly.

Gaaaah, I HATE this name with a burning passion! It's hideously ugly and trashy! It's as if someone had wanted to call their daughter a toy and added a creepy ''ah'' to it.

I loathe this name. It just isn't appealing to me.