Lorette

Lorette is a French feminine name functioning as a diminutive of Lore or Laure, themselves French forms of the Latin Laura, derived from laurus, meaning laurel. The laurel tree carried associations with honor, victory, and poetic achievement in classical antiquity, lending the name a sense of distinction. In 19th-century French usage, lorette acquired a separate cultural resonance as a colloquial term for a fashionable young Parisian woman of modest means, drawn from the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette quarter of Paris. Related forms include Laura, Laurette, and Lora.