Lettice is both a given name and a surname. It is medieval vernacular form of Letitia, meaning "joy, gladness". Notable people with the name include:
Given name Lettice Boyle, wife of George Goring, Lord Goring Lettice Bryan (1805–1877), American author Lettice Cooper (1897–1994), English writer Lettice Curtis (1915–2014), English woman aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot and sportswoman Lettice Digby, 1st Baroness Offaly (1580–1658), Irish peeress and landowner Lettice Digby (scientist) (1877–1972), British cytologist, botanist and malacologist Lettice D'Oyly Walters (1880–1940), English writer Lettice Fisher (1875–1956), English economist and historian Lettice Jowitt (1878–1962), English Quaker educationalist Lettice Knollys (1543–1634), mother of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth I's courtier Lettice Lee (1731–1776), Colonial American society hostess Lady Lettice Lygon (1906–1973), English socialite and aristocrat who was one of the Bright Young Things. Lettice Mary Tredway (1595–1677), English abbess Lettice Paget, Baroness Paget (1583–1655), English noblewoman born to Sir Henry Knollys and Margaret Cave, wife of William Paget, 4th Baron Paget Lettice Ramsey (1898–1985), English photographer Lettice Sandford (1902–1993), draftsman, wood-engraver, corn dolly revivalist and watercolourist from Herefordshire
Surname
John Lettice (1737–1832), English clergyman, translator, academic, and author
Fictional characters
Lettice Protheroe, a character in Agatha Christie's novel The Murder at the Vicarage Lettice the Mercy, a tomb-colonist in the game Fallen London Lady Lettice Liskeard, a character in Howard Spring's novel Fame is the Spur (novel)
See also Lettice and Lovage, a 1987 comedic play by Peter Shaffer Lettuce (disambiguation) Laetitia (given name), (also Letitia) female given name sometimes shortened to Lettice