Loretta is a girl's name of Italian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 422 girls in the United States.
Loretta belongs to the Italian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Lora.
In the United States, Loretta first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #62 in 1938, and in 2024 422 babies received the name — 177,072 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Loretta is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Italian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Loretta is a girl name. In 2024, 422 babies received the name in the US.
Loretta comes from the Italian tradition. It is also spelled Lora.
Loretta first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #62 in 1938, and 422 babies were given the name in 2024.
Loretta is pronounced /ˌləˈɹɛtə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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