Name meaning & stats
Lauretta
Lauretta means “laurel tree” (Latin origin). 3,799 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.
What it means
“laurel tree”
LatinPet form of Laura
In US birth records
Peak year: 1947
3,799 US babies were named Lauretta between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lauretta (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 89% of the family
- Lauretta 89%
- Laurita 11%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1947)