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Lauretta
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English
Alternative forms
en Loretta
Etymology
An en it - pet form of it Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.
Pronunciation
en /ˌləˈɹɛtə/ /ˌlɔ-/
en ɛtə 3
Proper noun
en female Latin.
en 1775 w:Richard Brinsley Sheridan St. Patrick's Day 58 Kessinger Publishing 2004 1419148745 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.