What does Loretta mean?

Loretta means "pure; laurel, bay"

How do we pronounce Loretta?

Loretta \lo-ret-ta, lor-e-tta\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Loretta is pronounced LahREHTah (English) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Loretta: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

What is the origin of Loretta?

Loretta is of Latin and Spanish origin, and it is used mainly in English and Italian. From Spanish roots, its meaning is 'pure'. In addition, Loretta is an English and Italian pet form of Laura name popularity (Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish). Loretta has 18 variant transcriptions. Variation transcriptions Laret meaning and origin, Laretta definition, name Larette meaning, Larretta name variations, name Larrette, name Lauret meaning, Laureta meaning and origin, Lauretta name, Laurette meaning and origin, what does the name Leretta mean, Loret meaning of name, name Loretah, Lorette name variations, Lorita definition, name Lorretta origin, name Lorrette meaning, and Lowretta pronounciation. Another English form is the spelling variant short names for Loreta (used in Italian too).

The following famous people share the name Loretta:

  • Actress Loretta Swit, born 4 November 1937, Passaic, New Jersey
  • Actress Loretta Young, born Gretchen Michaela Young, 6 January 1913 - 12 August 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Country Singer Loretta Lynn, born 14 April 1935, Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.

List of baby names Loretta:

nicknames for Laretha (English), Laretta meaning and origin, Larita meaning of name, short names for Larretta, Laureta name popularity (English), Lauretha definition, Lauretta meaning of name (English, German, and Italian), Lauriette pronounciation (English), Laurita pronounciation (English), name Leerit meaning, Leorit pronounciation (Hebrew), nicknames for Lerato (African), Leretta definition, meaning of Liorit (Hebrew), baby name Lirita, nicknames for Loreta (English and Italian), Loretah definition, baby name Loreto (English), name Loretto origin (English), and meaning of Lorita (English).

The baby name Loretta fun facts:

The name Loretta in reverse order is "Atterol".

The numerological value of the name Loretta is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Loretta?

Loretta is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames