Given name & surname
Loreto
Loreto is a masculine given name from Spanish. It is used in Spanish, Tagalog, and Cebuano.
Original SpanishLoreta
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loreto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 515
- 494 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,075 as a first name in 2020; 1,414 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Loreto’s family of names
In Greek usage, Loreto as a surname is a transliteration of Λορέτο.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Loreto
- Loreto MauleónSpanish actress, dancer and modelborn 1988
- Loreto AchaerandioSpanish rhythmic gymnastborn 1991
- Loreto GrandeItalian botanist (1878-1965)
- Loreto AravenaChilean actressborn 1983
- Loreto CarbonellOlympic basketball player1933–2017
- Loreto VittoriItalian singer and composer1600–1670
- Loreto ValenzuelaChilean actorborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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