Lauretta

Where Lauretta comes from

An Italian pet form of Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lauretta
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Lauretta through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1897
    Lauretta Bender born
    American neuropsychiatrist
  3. 1904
    Peak, #351
    86 babies named Lauretta, its best rank.
  4. 1927
    Lauretta Masiero born
    Italian actress and singer
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,812.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Lauretta Masiero · Italian actress and singer, 1927–2010
  • Lauretta Bender · American neuropsychiatrist, 1897–1987
  • Lauretta Ngcobo · South African novelist and essayist, 1931–2015
  • Lauretta Hanson · Australian cyclist, born 1994
  • Lauretta of Saarbrücken · Sovereign countess regnant, 1250–1271

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.