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.
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.
― Anonymous User 7/28/2019
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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.
It's okay, but it's also unusual. It does have a ghetto vibe too.
― Anonymous User 12/14/2015
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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.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?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.
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."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?"
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.
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.