lauretta English
Alternative forms
* Loretta
Proper noun
( en proper noun)
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* 1775 , St. Patrick's Day , Kessinger Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1419148745, page 58
- 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.
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laura Alternative forms
* Lora (rare)
Proper noun
( en proper noun)
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* ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
- Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
* 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
- Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.
Usage notes
* Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.
Related terms
* Laurel, Lauren, Laurie, Loretta, Lori, Lorraine, Lauretta
Anagrams
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