Lauretta

Lauretta is an Italian diminutive of Laura, which derives from the Latin laurus, meaning laurel tree. The laurel was sacred to Apollo in Roman tradition and served as a symbol of victory and poetic achievement, giving the name associations with honor and glory. Lauretta enjoyed use throughout medieval and Renaissance Italy and appears in literary contexts of the period, including among the storytellers in Boccaccio's Decameron. Related names include Laura, Lauretta's masculine counterpart Lauretto, and the Latinized form Lauretta shares roots with Laurence and its many cognates across European languages.