Loredana is a feminine given name, claimed to be invented by French author
Lucile Aurore Dupin (George Sand) in her novel ''Mattea'' (1833), and later used by
Luciano Zuccoli
Luciano is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. It is derived from Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of ''Lucius'' ("Light"). The French form is ''Lucien'', while the Basque form is ''Luken''.
Single name
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in ''L'amore di Loredana'' (1908).
It may have been inspired by the real-life Venetian surname
Loredan, itself from the toponym
Loreo, Veneto, which originated from its Latin name ''Lauretum'', meaning laurel. It is a common name in Italy and Romania.
There is a related version without the opening letter ''l'',
Oredana, because is wrongly perceveid as an article (''L'Oredana'') and thus removed. The name may refer to:
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Loredana (actress)
Loredana Padoan (19 March 1924 – 18 January 2016), best known just as Loredana, was an Italian film and stage actress.
Life and career
Born in Venice, after completing her scuola magistrale studies, Loredana enrolled at several acting school ...
(1924–2016), Italian actress
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Loredana Bertè
Loredana Bertè (; born 20 September 1950) is an Italian singer and actress. In her long career she has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Mango and Enrico Ruggeri, among others; her si ...
(born 1950), Italian singer
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Loredana Boboc
Loredana Boboc (born 12 May 1984 in Bucharest, Romania)[Loredana De Petris
Loredana De Petris (born 24 November 1957) is an Italian politician and senator for four legislatures.
Biography From Proletarian Democracy to the Greens
De Petris began her political career in the 1980s joining Proletarian Democracy and has ...]
(born 1957), Italian politician
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Loredana Dinu
Loredana Dinu (born Iordăchioiu; born 2 April 1984) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, twice World champion and twice European champion with Romania.
Biography
Dinu began fencing at age 11 after coaches from different sports did a presentation ...
, Romanian épée fencer
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Loredana Errore
Loredana Errore (born 27 October 1984) is a Romanian-born Italian singer-songwriter. After participating in various singing competitions, she officially debuted in 2009 at the ninth edition of the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi' ...
, Romanian-born Italian singer
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Loredana Groza
Loredana Groza (born 10 June 1970) or mononymously Loredana is a Romanian singer. She is known for continuously reinventing herself and for approaching numerous music styles throughout her discography, ranging from pop to traditional music and m ...
, Romanian singer
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Loredana Lanzani
Loredana Lanzani (born 1965) is an Italian-American mathematician specializing in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and complex analysis. She is a professor of mathematics at Syracuse University.
Education and career
Lanzani ...
(born 1965), Italian-American mathematician
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Loredana Marcello
Loredana Marcello (died 12 December 1572) was a Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Alvise I Mocenigo (r. 1570-1577). She was an author of letters and poetry and studied botany, and was regarded as a model of an educated and cultivated ren ...
(died 1572), Dogaressa of Venice
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Loredana Toma
Loredana Elena Toma (born 10 May 1995) is a Romanian weightlifter, two time World Champion and four time European Champion competing in the 58 kg and 63 kg categories until 2018 and 64 kg starting in 2018 after the International W ...
, Romanian female weightlifter
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Loredana Zefi
Loredana Zefi (; born 1 September 1995), also known mononymously as Loredana, is a Swiss-born Kosovo Albanian rapper. Her debut single, "", was a commercial success in Albania and German-speaking Europe, and received two gold certifications in ...
, Swiss rapper
References
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Romanian feminine given names
Italian feminine given names