Lauretta en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌləˈɹɛtə/
- /ˌlɔ-/
Etymology
An Italian pet form of Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.
Meanings
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A female given name from Latin.
Lauretta, ay, you would have her called so; but for my part I never knew any good come of giving girls these heathen Christian names; if you had called her Deborah, or Tabitha, or Ruth, or Rebecca, or Joan, nothing of this had ever happened; but I always knew Lauretta was a runaway name.
1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 58:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loretta | alternative | lexicographic |