Lauretta is a feminine given name, which is probably derived from the name
Laura. Notable people with the name include:
People with the forename
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Lauretta Bender (1897–1987), American psychiatrist
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Lauretta Hannon (born 1968), American writer
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Lauretta Lamptey
Lauretta Vivian Lamptey is a former Ghanaian Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice. She is a lawyer and an investment banker.
Education
Lauretta Lamptey studied law at the University of Ghana, Legon where she gained the LL. B ...
(born 1959), Ghanaian lawyer
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Lauretta Masiero
Lauretta Masiero (25 October 1927 – 23 March 2010) was an Italian actress and singer.
Biography
Dancing career
Venetian born Lauretta Masiero debuted in the theater of varieties as a dancer with Wanda Osiris. In 1945 she debuted with Macar ...
(1929–2010), Italian actress
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(1931–2015), South African writer
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Lauretta Schimmoler (1900–1981), American aviator
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Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), Italian architect
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Lauretta of Saarbrücken (died 1271), German countess
People with the surname
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Dante Lauretta (born 1970), American scientist
Fictional characters
*Lauretta, fictional character in the book ''
The Decameron
''The Decameron'' (; it, label= Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Da ...
'' by Giovanni Boccaccio
*Lauretta, fictional character in the opera
Gianni Schicchi
() is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Pucci ...
by Giacomo Puccini
See also
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Lauretta, Prince Edward Island
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Laura (given name)
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Loretta
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Feminine given names
Italian feminine given names
English feminine given names