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Loredana Say it: loh-reh-DAH-nah
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Meaning Popularised by Luciano Zuccoli's novel L'amore de' Loredana; usually traced to the Venetian noble surname Loredan.
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time Rare in the records
In the United States 0 5 10 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1974 per million babies of that sex 272 babies given this name since 1959 At its height in 1974, about 1 in 122,300 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Elisabetta Girl From Hebrew Elisheva, usually explained as 'my God is an oath'. Middle Ages Ginevra Girl The Italian form of Guinevere, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar; the first element is usually taken as gwen 'white, fair,… Middle Ages Lucrezia Girl From the Roman family name Lucretius, of uncertain origin; a link to Latin lucrum 'profit' has been suggested but is… Renaissance Ornella Girl Coined by Gabriele D'Annunzio for a character in La figlia di Iorio (1904), from Tuscan ornello 'manna ash tree'. Modern · forgotten Grazia Girl From Italian grazia 'grace', in the religious sense of divine favour. Victorian · forgotten Tosca Girl From Italian tosca 'Tuscan woman'. Victorian · forgotten Loretta Girl Associated with Loreto in Italy, the shrine of the Holy House of Mary, and treated as a diminutive of Laura (Latin… Victorian · peak 1938 Lourdes Girl From the French town of Lourdes, after the Marian apparitions reported there in 1858; the place name itself is of… Victorian · peak 1968 Where this comes from Well-known works of literature National birth statistics of European countries source United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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