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Lauretta

Lauretta: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“laurel”
Origin
Italian
Say it
lor-ET-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Italian diminutive of Laura, ultimately from Latin laurus 'laurel'. Laurel has long symbolized honor and victory.

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How popular is Lauretta?

20244.2 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lauretta in 202414

Peak year1904

Total US babies since 18809,699

Lauretta is rising: use over the last five years is 2.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lauretta

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Lauralaurel · Latin
  • Lorettalaurel · Italian
  • Lorifrom Laura or Lorraine · English
  • Laurielaurel · English
  • Loralaurel · English
  • Lorriefrom Laurentum · Latin
  • Loriefrom Laurentum; laurel · English
  • Lurapossibly laurel · Latin

Lauretta questions

What does the name Lauretta mean?

Lauretta means "laurel". It comes from Italian. Italian diminutive of Laura, ultimately from Latin laurus 'laurel'. Laurel has long symbolized honor and victory.

Is Lauretta a boy or girl name?

Lauretta is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lauretta?

14 US babies were named Lauretta in 2024. Its peak year was 1904.

How do you pronounce Lauretta?

Lauretta is usually pronounced lor-ET-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.