Loretta staat niet in de Bijbel — de naam betekent een kroon

Loretta is not in the Bible. It comes from a wreath of leaves. What the name means Loretta is most likely an altered form of Lauretta, the Italian diminutive of Laura — from the laurel, the bay tree whose leaves were woven into wreaths for victors, poets and generals in the ancient world. A second influence is usually noted: Loreto, the Italian town whose shrine of the Holy House draws pilgrims. The tradition there holds that the house of Mary…