Loretta’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Loretta
Loretta's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Loretta's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Loretta: meaning and origin
Loretta has Italian roots. Behind the Name says it is perhaps a variant of Lauretta or Loreto, or a diminutive of names beginning with Lor-. Wikipedia calls it a diminutive form of Lora, itself a form of Laura, which refers to the laurel tree, a symbol of victory. Wikipedia says the name is Italian in origin and was popularized in the United States in the 1930s.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Lori, Lorie, Lorri, Lorrie and Lorinda as English diminutives, and Lauretta and Loreta as variants. Wikipedia adds Lora and Loreen. Lori is the classic short form; Retta is a fun one some Lorettas use.
Famous people named Loretta
Country singer Loretta Lynn, born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, wrote and recorded “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, a No. 1 country hit in 1970 that became the title of the 1980 film about her life; she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Loretta Young won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Farmer’s Daughter (1947). And Loretta Swit won two Emmys as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on M*A*S*H.
Is Loretta a popular name?
Loretta was a long-running favorite. US Social Security data has it in the girls’ top 200 in every decade from the 1880s to the 1960s, with its best rank, 81st, in the 1930s, when more than 31,000 American girls were named Loretta, and nearly as many in the 1950s. Wikipedia agrees that the 1930s were when Loretta took off in the US. Most Lorettas are now grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
Loretta trivia
Loretta Young was born Gretchen. Behind the Name and Wikipedia both note that the actress’s birth name was Gretchen Michaela Young; she started with small parts in silent films as a child, and later won three Primetime Emmy Awards and hosted her own anthology series on television. Loretta Lynn was also born under another surname, Webb, the oldest daughter in a Kentucky coal-mining family.
Gift ideas that suit a Loretta
- For a country music fan. Lyrics and setlists, in honor of Loretta Lynn.
- For a classic film lover. A watch list of Loretta Young films.
- For a grandmother. Loretta peaked in the 1930s.
- For Mother’s Day. A keepsake for a mom named Loretta.
How Loretta can use it
Any Loretta, of any age. The 6" x 9" size is roomy enough for proper writing and small enough for a handbag or school bag. With 160 plain lined pages there’s no fixed layout, so it can be a diary, a gratitude journal, a study notebook, a recipe book or a home for to-do lists. Notebooks tend to multiply in drawers, but one with her name on the front is instantly hers.
The little things that make it hers
There’s something about seeing your own name in print. It makes a notebook feel like it belongs to you, which is a good reason to fill it. It also means Loretta can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Loretta’s Notebook? About the size of a trade paperback book: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm), 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? It’s sold on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon prints and ships each copy and handles delivery and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes, the same apple blossom design comes in hundreds of girls’ names. Start at all name notebooks or our personalized name notebooks guide.
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