Loreto (name)

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Loreto is a female and male given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The first name used mainly in Spanish and Italian comes from the name of a city in Italy that was originally called Lauretum in Latin and means laurel grove . It is said that the house of the Virgin Mary was miraculously carried to this city by angels from Nazareth in the 13th century .

Italian name variants are Loreta , Loretta and Lorita.

Well-known namesake

Female

Male

family name

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Loreto. Retrieved May 19, 2019 .