Loreto Family History
Loreto Name Meaning
Spanish Portuguese and Italian: from a short form of a Marian name Portuguese Maria do Loreto Italian Maria di Loreto a reference to the placename Loreto in Ancona province Italy the center of a cult of the Virgin Mary dating from the 15th century. Loreto is the site of the Santa Casa the childhood home of the Virgin Mary which according to legend was miraculously transported by angels from Nazareth to Loreto in the 13th century. The placename is from Latin lauretum ‘place of laurels’. Compare Loretto .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022