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Loretto

Loretto is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly femaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Italy
US records 1880–2017
5 male / 923 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Loretto

If you do not know Loretto’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Loretto,” in English, “Guten Tag Loretto,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Loretto,

German

Guten Tag Loretto,

French

Bonjour Loretto,

Spanish

Estimado/a Loretto:

Chinese

Loretto您好：

Japanese

Loretto様

English

Hi Loretto,

German

Hi Loretto,

French

Salut Loretto,

Spanish

Hola Loretto,

Chinese

Loretto你好：

Japanese

Lorettoさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Loretto by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonwoman's name
Italyrareman's name

United States birth data

5 male · 923 female · 928 births recorded

Male ≈ 0.5%Female ≈ 99.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Loretto a male or female name?

Loretto is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Loretto in an email?

If you do not know Loretto’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Loretto,” in English, “Guten Tag Loretto,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Loretto a unisex name?

Loretto is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Loretto a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/loretto. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_loretto,
  title  = {Is Loretto a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/loretto},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}