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This is basically the name of a vegitable. And what are those NICKNAMES!?!?
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Eleanor Lettice Curtis (1915 – 2014), known as Lettice Curtis, was an English aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot, and sportswoman. In early July 1940 she became one of the first women pilots to join the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), remaining with the ATA until 30 November 1945, when the organisation was closed down.
She commenced her ATA career by delivering primary training aircraft such as the Tiger Moth, progressing to the Miles Master and North American Harvard advanced trainers. During her ATA service she graduated to fly all categories of wartime aircraft and was one of the first dozen women to qualify to fly four-engined heavy bombers. She was the first woman pilot to deliver an Avro Lancaster bomber and also flew 222 Handley Page Halifaxes and 109 Short Stirlings. She flew continually during World War II from various Ferry Pool locations delivering all types through all weather to various destinations.
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She commenced her ATA career by delivering primary training aircraft such as the Tiger Moth, progressing to the Miles Master and North American Harvard advanced trainers. During her ATA service she graduated to fly all categories of wartime aircraft and was one of the first dozen women to qualify to fly four-engined heavy bombers. She was the first woman pilot to deliver an Avro Lancaster bomber and also flew 222 Handley Page Halifaxes and 109 Short Stirlings. She flew continually during World War II from various Ferry Pool locations delivering all types through all weather to various destinations.
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Lettice D’Oyly Walters (1880 – 1940) was an English writer and editor. In addition to publishing chapbooks of her own poetry, she edited two volumes of poems in collaboration with Irish artists and writers, including The Year’s at the Spring (1920) and Irish Poets of To-day (1921). Later, she founded Swan Press in Chelsea, London.
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Lady Lettice Mildred Ashley-Cooper OStJ (1911 – 1990) was a British aristocrat, socialite, and airwoman. One of the Bright Young Things of the 1920s (The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, was a nickname given by the tabloid press to a group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London.), she became a Flight Officer of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II. She was appointed Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (OStJ).
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It reminds me of the word "lattice", actually.
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A little funny as a name, but nevertheless cute on a little kid! I just wouldn't use it on an adult.
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It's probably not pronounced as LET-is
It's more likely to be pronounced as lə-TEES.
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It's more likely to be pronounced as lə-TEES.
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Ugly name.
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Might as well name your kid Salad.
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This is how I spelt lettuce when I was 6.
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Makes me think of lettuce.
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Am I the only person who remembers the girl called Lettice on America’s Got Talent way back? I think it sounds nice, to be honest. But for obvious reasons I’m not giving this name.
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Lettice (le-tees) this is my name and it was my gran's name too. I love my name even though I don't ever use it (it's a little girly for me as I am everything but girly) so I've always been called Tessa... I must admit I did go through the whole Lettice - Lettuce thing in school (mostly high school really) but you know what, who cares.
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Lettuce and Tomatoes were my least favorite toppings on burgers, but I’ll get used to it. Anyway, it’s kinda silly to name your kids after food. It makes it sound like you want to eat them.
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Salad or not, I think it's a cute name. Though definitely not for today's use, haha.
I can't help but imagine a part of her (surname, father?) being called Caesar. Kind of mean-spirited, but..
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I can't help but imagine a part of her (surname, father?) being called Caesar. Kind of mean-spirited, but..
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They named her Lettice, because she had a big head.
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Bear in mind that the name 'Lettice' predates the common use of the word 'lettuce' and was a common Medieval name when salad vegetables, being under the dominion of whichever planet was cold wet and nasty [Mercury? I never was up on astrology] were considered dangerous to eat, and were just known as 'sallet' or lumped in with 'worts', or vegetables. It was latinised to Laeticia, which became used in its own right when literacy was sufficiently widespread for people to see it written. The pet name for it was Lecia, later also Letty. The later form 'Letitia' had the shortening 'Titty' and was used for a character in Arthur Ransome's 'Swallows and Amaons' series when said shortening was less smutty than it is now. Modern usage also comes up with names with even more apparent double meaning - look at Randy which is even spelled like its meaning of 'sex-mad' having become separated from its proper source, 'Randolph'
Names, even those from Western roots, come to us from a wide variety of sources, from as far away as Ancient Greece and Byantium to those as ancient as Etruscan, Gothic and Celtic. Some have changed on the way; few men called Lewis are aware that their name started out as Clovis, and went variously through Ludovic by one route and Aloysius [Allo-ISH-us] by another. Lettice is old fashioned, but pops up occasionally, usually in the aristocracy where it may be a traditional name in some families, such as those descended from Lettice Knollys, like the Spencer-Churchills.
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Names, even those from Western roots, come to us from a wide variety of sources, from as far away as Ancient Greece and Byantium to those as ancient as Etruscan, Gothic and Celtic. Some have changed on the way; few men called Lewis are aware that their name started out as Clovis, and went variously through Ludovic by one route and Aloysius [Allo-ISH-us] by another. Lettice is old fashioned, but pops up occasionally, usually in the aristocracy where it may be a traditional name in some families, such as those descended from Lettice Knollys, like the Spencer-Churchills.
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Not a good name unless you want your kid to hear food jokes their whole lives.
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Lettice is my name. My parents pronounced it Le-TEES, like the eyelash enhancer. Before that product came along, I was definitely called Lettuce a lot. It was popular in the Victorian era, as I understand it.
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Reminds me of the food.
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I've developed quite an affection for this name in recent years. If you can get over the homophonous leaf vegetable, you're left with quite a pretty, charming and dainty name for a little girl. Probably not so great for a real child though, as it is usually met with too much negativity; but on a fictional character, it could work really well!
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I know a Lettice and prior to meeting her would have thought about the same as the majority, that this is a food!
She is most lovely though, so regal. A real English rose. Beautiful young women who carries the name well. Her unique name and she are alike. They compliment each other! Maybe her name makes her who she is and how I perceive her. I just don't know! Cool name anyway!
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She is most lovely though, so regal. A real English rose. Beautiful young women who carries the name well. Her unique name and she are alike. They compliment each other! Maybe her name makes her who she is and how I perceive her. I just don't know! Cool name anyway!
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Great, lets just name our kids tomato and onion -.-
Ugly name.
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Ugly name.
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This is an alright name, really, and I have heard it being used before. And, yes, before you say anything, on a human girl. :)
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This name seems so dainty and elegant, I adore it.
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Lettice doesn't look like a real name. It looks too much like "lettuce".
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Lettice. So close to Lettuce. I can't believe anyone would actually name a child this.
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No matter how you want to pronounce it, it's always going to look like Lettuce.
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Lettice Protherowe is a character in Agatha Christie's Murder at the Vicarage. It is one of the Miss Marple detective novels. She tells people that her estranged mother intended her name to be pronounced leh-TEESE, though no one does.
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Looks too much like Lettuce. You could name a child Carrit or Spinech and it would have the same effect.
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This looks more like the vegetable lettuce. I like Lettie a lot better, it's cuter.
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The standard British pronunciation is LET-iss.
Let-EES would be a faux-French affectation, or just a pointless attempt to distinguish it from "lettuce".
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Let-EES would be a faux-French affectation, or just a pointless attempt to distinguish it from "lettuce".
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You may as well name her Carrot!
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Nowadays it would indeed be pronounced "Le-TEES."
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I'm sorry but I don't think this is a very good name, they would be teased constantly, maybe as "Rabbit" or "Carrot" or even "Vege" or "Vegetable".
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"Lettuce"? No, I pronounce this as "le-TEES".
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I love how this name sounds like lettuce!
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Lettice Knollys (Knowles) (pronounced LET-is NOLZ), mother of the earl of Essex. Detested by Elizabeth I, to whom she was related (her grandmother was Mary Boleyn, sister of Elizabeth's mother Anne) and to whom she bore a strong resemblance. Ancestress of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana.
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Lettice looks too much like the food lettuce.
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