Loretta

Loretta is a feminine given name.

People with this name

• Loretta Bradley (born 1933), American professor
• Loretta de Braose, Countess of Leicester, (c. 1185-c. 1266)
• Loretta Chase (born Loretta Lynda Chekani, 1949), American writer
• Loretta Chen, theatre director and actor
• Loretta Claiborne, American global speaker who competes in the Special Olympics
• Loretta Clawson, mayor of Boone, North Carolina, US
• Loretta Devine (born 1949), American actress
• Loretta King Hadler (1917–2007), American actress
• Loretta Harrop (born 1975), Australian triathlete
• Loretta Huber, World Series of Poker champion 1988
• Loretta Jafelice, American voice actress
• Loretta Kelley, American fiddle player
• Loretta Long (born 1940), American actress
• Loretta Lux (born 1969), fine art photographer
• Loretta E. Lynch, American District Attorney
• Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb, 1932), American singer-songwriter
• Loretta McNeil (1907–1988), American athlete
• Loretta Nall, founder of the United States Marijuana Party
• Loretta Napoleoni (born 1955), Italian economist
• Loretta A. Preska (born 1949), American judge
• Marion Loretta Reid (born 1929), former Canadian politician
• Loretta Sanchez (born 1960), U.S. Representative
• Loretta Ables Sayre (born 1958), American actress and singer
• Loretta Schafer, General Superior of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana from 1976 to 1981
• Loretta Schrijver (born 1956), Dutch television host
• Loretta Schwartz-Nobel, American journalist
• Loretta Spencer, American politician, former mayor of Huntsville, Alabama
• Loretta Swit (born 1937), American actress
• Loretta Tofani (born 1953), American journalist
• Loretta Clemens Tupper (1906–1990), American singer
• Loretta Ucelli, management advisor who served as Assistant to the President and Director of White House
• Loretta Perfectus Walsh (1896–1925), first American active-duty Navy woman
• Loretta Weinberg (born 1935), American politician
• Loretta Yang, performing artist in the Taiwan cinema
• Loretta Young (1913–2000), American actress

Fictional characters

• Loretta Brown in the American animated show Family Guy
• Loretta Jones in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Loretta Tortelli in the American television show Cheers

See also

• 1939 Loretta, model of car
• Loretta, Wisconsin, unincorporated community in the town of Draper, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States
• Letter to Loretta (also known as The Loretta Young Show), NBC television series
• Mark Loretta (born 1971), retired Major League Baseball infielder
• "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire", episode of the animated series Family Guy
• Dead Loretta, psychedelic rock band from Newark, Delaware formed in 2004