Lauretta

low-RET-ta (first syllable rhymes with now)

Italian diminutive of Laura

"bay laurel"

Lauretta Origin and Meaning

The name Lauretta is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "bay laurel".

The first syllable of Laura in Italian rhymes with now, so Lauretta does not really sound like the decidedly midcentury Loretta thought most English speakers will pronounce it that way. Still, this Italian names for girls feels more closely related to the classic beauty Laura and somehow more charming and unusual.

Lauretta Rank in US Top 1000

# 930 in the US

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Famous People Named Lauretta

• Lauretta Ngcobo South African novelist
• Lauretta Masiero Italian actress
• Lauretta Vivian Lamptey Ghanaian lawyer and politician
• Lauretta M Schimmoler aviatrix and first American woman to establish an airport
• Lauretta of Saarbrücken sovereign Countess of Saarbrücken; daughter of Count Simon III
• Lauretta Hannon American radio personality

The name Lauretta in Pop Culture

• Lauretta daughter of Justice Credulous and his wife Bridget in the Richard Brinsley Sheridan play "St Patrick's Day" (1775)
• Lauretta one of the seven young women at the heart of Boccaccio's "The Decameron" (alongside Pampinea, Fiammetta, Filomena, Emilia, Neifile (Nephele), and Elissa)