US births per decade — source: Social Security Administration
Latoya is predominantly a female name in the United States, reaching peak popularity in the 1980s. There are approximately 45,000 people named Latoya in the US today.
The name Latoya's root letters are LT.
The youthful qualities of the letter T are clearly discernible in the words triumphant, truthful, terrific, tangy, tingly and teenager. And since the letter L is the icon of the best things money can’t buy (love, laughter, life, learning and liberty), it’s hardly surprising that when the L and T get together, they evoke the effervescent images of lightness, laughter, lust and loftiness. These are people who live their lives with uncommon style and quite a bit of fanfare.
Latoyas are adventurers. No one seems to know where they’re going to end up -- least of all themselves. They are constantly on the move -- as if they were afraid of their wake catching up to them -- and while it may not be actual chaos they leave behind, there are plenty of people left tsk-tsking as they blaze by. Despite their tendency for running people over, there is little malevolence in their approach and they take great pains to protect people’s feelings. Their strong belief in Karma explains why they’re usually the first to offer a conciliatory token after a spats -- even when they don’t believe they were wrong.
These are multi-talented people whose skills run the gamut from the concrete (accounting, medicine and law) to professions involving people (management and sales), but you probably won’t find them in corporate leadership. Not because they’re ineffectual leaders, but because they refuse to submit to the constraints of employee handbooks. Latoyas are very much in control of their emotional well-being and have a strong sense of their own destinies; so don’t assume their irrepressibility means they’re incapable of making sharply rational decisions.
Loving and affectionate, the LT’s parenting style tends toward liberality; leaving their mates to do the heavy lifting when it comes to the children. But when it comes to dealing with tantrums and domestic blowouts, Latoyas like to be in the thick of things. They understand emotional outburst better than most and are quite capable of being on the receiving in without taking anything personally. Their laissez-faire style of discipline makes them especially popular with the children, and their ability to retain their poise against the onslaught of muddy faces makes them the envy of harried parents everywhere.
The Latoyas’ marriages parallel the way they live their lives -- wildly adventurous. The minute life gets too predictable they’ll feel the call of the wild and their feet start itching. So, forget about romancing them the old-fashioned way. Take them on a balloon ride over Kilimanjaro and you’ll have a mate for life.
