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Lauretta

/ˌləˈɹɛtə/

Lauretta proper noun: a female given name from Latin.

Proper noun

Lauretta

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • Lauretta, ay, you would have her called so; but for my part I never knew any good come of giving girls these heathen Christian names; if you had called her Deborah, or Tabitha, or Ruth, or Rebecca, or Joan, nothing of this had ever happened; but I always knew Lauretta was a runaway name.1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 58

Forms of Lauretta

alternative formLoretta

Origin of Lauretta

An Italian pet form of Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.

Words that rhyme with Lauretta

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Questions about Lauretta

What does Lauretta mean?
Lauretta means a female given name from Latin.
What part of speech is Lauretta?
Lauretta is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lauretta?
Lauretta is pronounced /ˌləˈɹɛtə/.

Words near Lauretta in the dictionary

  1. Laureston
  2. laureth
  3. Lauretsen
  4. Lauretson
  5. Laurett
  6. Lauretta
  7. Laurette
  8. Laurey
  9. Lauri
  10. Lauria
  11. Laurianne

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