Lauretta

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/ˌləˈɹɛtə//ˌlɔ-/

proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Loretta

  1. 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

Origin

An Italian pet form of Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Lauretta

metadebtorzetaMariettarosettaLorettaPetaHenriettavendettaEttabettagetterfetapetterwetavetternetterQuettabruschettabettorIsletaCaltanissettaariettaabettor
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Cite this entry
APA

Lauretta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lauretta

MLA

“Lauretta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lauretta. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lauretta,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lauretta.

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