Loretto

Where Loretto comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Loretto.

  • Vowel-ended
Loretto through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #740 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #589
    20 babies named Loretto, its best rank.
  3. 1906
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,321.
  4. 1929
    Loretto Petrucci born
    Italian road bicycle racer
  5. 2021
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Loretto Petrucci · Italian road bicycle racer, 1929–2016

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