Loretta Forename
Approximately 259,135 people bear this name
Loretta Forename Definition:
A female name. the history and origin of this name are somewhat obscure. Laurencia, Lauretta, Laura, or Lora are all fairly common from the end of the 12th C; Laurencia is evidently a Latin f. form of the popular name Laurence, and it is possible that Laura was a pet-form of it, and Lauretta a diminutive of Laura.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 190,613 | 1:1,902 | 379 |
| Italy | 100% | 21,671 | 1:2,818 | 336 |
| Canada | 100% | 8,431 | 1:3,930 | 668 |
| Ghana | 100% | 6,405 | 1:4,213 | 557 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,303 | 1:12,673 | 2,017 |
| England | 100% | 4,280 | 1:12,991 | 955 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4,037 | 1:43,984 | 3,366 |
| Australia | - | 3,827 | 1:3,569 | 550 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,025 | 1:1,424 | 345 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,382 | 1:76,707 | 4,746 |
| Ireland | 100% | 994 | 1:4,672 | 469 |
| Liberia | 100% | 828 | 1:5,329 | 628 |
| Germany | 100% | 804 | 1:120,246 | 2,346 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| India | 100% | 538 | 1:2,258,137 | 113,288 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 468 | 1:65,064 | 5,071 |
| New Zealand | - | 465 | 1:9,755 | 1,053 |
| Bahamas | - | 446 | 1:895 | 234 |
| Guyana | 100% | 381 | 1:2,003 | 385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 358 | 1:22,772 | 2,263 |
| Scotland | 100% | 319 | 1:16,772 | 896 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 264 | 1:64,023 | 3,991 |
| Brazil | 100% | 245 | 1:874,433 | 23,945 |
| Hong Kong | - | 244 | 1:31,773 | 2,377 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 228 | 1:67,648 | 5,428 |
| Hungary | 100% | 223 | 1:43,909 | 521 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 208 | 1:39,488 | 1,956 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 168 | 1:10,971 | 794 |
| Barbados | - | 165 | 1:1,756 | 397 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 154 | 1:3,772 | 532 |
| Russia | 100% | 151 | 1:955,190 | 8,358 |
| Wales | 100% | 134 | 1:23,092 | 1,200 |
| San Marino | 100% | 132 | 1:249 | 65 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 127 | 1:10,720 | 1,570 |
| Mexico | 100% | 126 | 1:985,273 | 8,056 |
| Chile | 100% | 121 | 1:145,514 | 3,124 |
| Belize | 100% | 120 | 1:2,953 | 679 |
| France | 100% | 107 | 1:621,218 | 6,048 |
| China | - | 105 | 1:13,010,055 | 59,871 |
| Romania | 100% | 105 | 1:190,971 | 6,760 |
| Belgium | 100% | 92 | 1:124,892 | 3,848 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 88 | 1:63,950 | 2,628 |
| Micronesia | - | 88 | 1:1,210 | 182 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 82 | 1:263,543 | 10,311 |
| Panama | 100% | 82 | 1:47,641 | 3,250 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 75 | 1:2,371 | 440 |
| Israel | 100% | 74 | 1:113,553 | 4,644 |
| Peru | 100% | 72 | 1:441,548 | 8,263 |
| Haiti | 100% | 67 | 1:160,104 | 7,708 |
| Croatia | 100% | 64 | 1:65,892 | 2,000 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 60 | 1:1,829 | 374 |
| Singapore | 100% | 57 | 1:110,299 | 7,549 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 56 | 1:85,142 | 2,948 |
| Guam | - | 56 | 1:2,869 | 587 |
| Austria | 100% | 52 | 1:163,735 | 2,710 |
| Zambia | - | 48 | 1:330,308 | 9,176 |
| American Samoa | - | 46 | 1:1,214 | 158 |
| Indonesia | - | 45 | 1:5,732,526 | 217,519 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Sweden | 100% | 39 | 1:252,767 | 8,142 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Armenia | 100% | 37 | 1:78,885 | 2,271 |
| Iran | - | 37 | 1:2,121,537 | 12,701 |
| Spain | 100% | 35 | 1:1,329,428 | 9,779 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 34 | 1:888,291 | 19,863 |
| Botswana | - | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Thailand | 100% | 31 | 1:2,260,188 | 59,676 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:2,114 | 469 |
| Ecuador | - | 29 | 1:611,273 | 5,978 |
| Bermuda | - | 28 | 1:2,315 | 496 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 27 | 1:1,685,182 | 4,553 |
| Jersey | - | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Uganda | 100% | 20 | 1:2,047,846 | 26,620 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 14 | 1:13,882,691 | 83,133 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Argentina | 100% | 12 | 1:3,564,437 | 10,379 |
| Kenya | - | 12 | 1:3,858,926 | 23,691 |
| Honduras | 100% | 11 | 1:801,588 | 9,931 |
| Namibia | - | 10 | 1:240,418 | 5,231 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Colombia | 100% | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Greece | 100% | 8 | 1:1,366,818 | 10,115 |
| Czechia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Oman | - | 7 | 1:586,952 | 5,255 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Norway | - | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Belarus | - | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Finland | 50% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Iraq | 100% | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Lorétta (1) are calculated separately.
Loretta (134) may also be a surname.
Loretta Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the history and origin of this name are somewhat obscure. Laurencia, Lauretta, Laura, or Lora are all fairly common from the end of the 12th C; Laurencia is evidently a Latin f. form of the popular name Laurence, and it is possible that Laura was a pet-form of it, and Lauretta a diminutive of Laura. Laura occurs from time to time in the 16th and 17th C, and Lyford 1655 gives Lora, Laurana, Laurentia, and Laureola all as f. christian names. Lora was the usual Provençal spelling, e.g. of the name of Petrarch’s mistress Lora de Sades. Laura is common in Wales and has latterly come more into favour in England after being neglected for some time. The pet-form Lolly is sometimes used.
Lauretta Curia Regis Rolls 1203-15. Laura Curia Regis Rolls 1210-12. Lora Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1346, Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Laurencia Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C. Loretta Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C. Lore English Register of Godstow Nunnery, c. 1450 (E.E.T.S. 129-30) 1450.
A diminutive of Lora.
A Teutonic name, meaning: Little learned one.
Loretta Forename Popularity
Loretta Demographics
Average Loretta Salary in
United States
$38,770 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Phonetically Similar Names
Loretta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Loretta in the Russian language | ||
| Лоретта | loretta | - |
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