La Toya

La Toya is a feminine given name .

Origin and Distribution

The name is the Spanish exonym of the Galician holiday island A Toxa ("the gorse ") located in the Ría de Arousa . As a first name, it is mostly used among Hispanics in the United States .

variants

In addition to the actual form La Toya , the spelling variants LaToya and Latoya are also used.

Well-known namesake

• LaToya Bond (* 1984), American basketball player
• La Toya Jackson (* 1956), American pop singer
• LaToya Thomas (* 1981), American basketball player
• Shari Latoya Watson (* 1986), Barbadian badminton player

literature

• Wilfried Seibicke : First names , 2nd edition. Verlag für Standesamtwesen, Frankfurt am Main 1991. ISBN 3-8019-5642-3 . P. 208.