Latoya (given name)

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Latoya
Pronunciationluh-toy-uh
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameLatin, Greek and Crete.
Meaningvictorious one, praised woman, or a flower which blooms and grows in spite of the darkness, or chosen one
Other names
Related namesVictoria, Letoya, Leto, Latona

Latoya is a feminine given name. Other variations of Latoya include Letoya. It is widely believed to be a variation of Toya, a Spanish nickname for Victoria. However, its origins are more ancient, being derived from "Latona", the Latin name of Leto, the Greco-Roman Mother Goddess, who by Zeus gave birth to Artemis and Apollo. It is because Leto/Latona was forced to give birth to her twins in hiding, on a floating island, that the name Latoya means "a flower that blooms and grows in spite of the darkness." Latoya is, therefore, associated with the lotus and the asiatic lilly.[citation needed] In It is considered to be an African-American name in the United States.[1]

People with the given name Latoya[edit]

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  1. ^ Bertrand, Marianne; Mullainathan, Sendhil (July 2003). "Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination" (PDF). Cambridge, MA: w9873. doi:10.3386/w9873. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)