Given name & surname
Loreta
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
Loreta is a variant of Loretta. In Italian use, Loretta carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loreta is a variant of Loretta. In Italian use, Loretta carries the interpretation “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loreta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,225
- 0 boys · 1,225 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,011 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Loreta
- Loreta GraužinienėLithuanian politicianborn 1963
- Loreta Kullashiassociation football playerborn 1999
- Loreta AsanavičiūtėLithuanian victim of violence (died Jan 1991)1967–1991
- Loreta AnilionytėLithuanian philosopher, writer and translatorborn 1963
- Loreta GulottaItalian fencerborn 1987
- Loreta Janeta VelázquezAmerican spy1841–1897
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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