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[sal_amanda]

What do you all think of Loretta?  I was listening to "Get Back" by the Beatles on my drive home today and thought I kinda like it, and would probably use Etta as a nickname.  Mentioned it to my husband and he instantly said no way because it reminds him of Loretta Lynn which reminds him of country music, of which we are not fans.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I like it a lot, but I tend to like L names... like Leona, Lena, Lenore, Linnea, Loretta... etc.

But I LOVE Etta as a nickname. It's really cute. My great grandmother was Julietta, nn Etta.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

my great grandma was loretta caroline. I like it a lot.

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

it's definitely not my taste. it's still an old lady name to me.

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

Love it. Loretta Lynn, country or not, was pretty badass. Also, the Townes Van Zandt song "Loretta" is pretty awesome too, but...it's about a prostitute. It's a beautiful song about a prostitute though!

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

I probably just ruined it for you.

[sal_amanda]

I still like it. I just might leave out the prostitute part when trying to convince my husband. ;)

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I like it. Relatively easy to spell, not contrived or trendy or difficult to pronounce... a bit of substance, but a bit of lightness. Yes. The more I think about it, the more I like it.

[anodetonoone.livejournal.com]

I think it's cute, but only because of the Beatles song. The only Lauretta I know is trashy though, so I have icky connotations with it.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Got an aunt named Loretta and had a best friend growing up with the name. I nicknamed her Retina for some reason and, 20 years later, she still goes by it lol.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

"But why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?!"

Yeah, that's all I think of. Oh, and Cleveland's wife in Family Guy.

[frost.livejournal.com]

I think of Cleveland's wife, too, lol. ^^

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Yup, me too. In my head, I can't hear "Loretta" in any voice other than Cleveland's.

[frost.livejournal.com]

I don't like it at all.
It's...old lady to me. Also, I'm just not fond of the sound (but then I don't really like "L" names in general).

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I hate it. It's old, so dated, and ugly to boot. I can't picture it on anybody the younger the side of 50.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

My mom has a friend named Loretta, she is about 45. Her name is actually Kathryn Loretta but she goes by her middle name. She looks like a Barbie doll, not "old lady" at all.

That being said idk if I'd want to name my child after a song about cross-dressers, it's the same reason I don't have Lola on my list. I love Drag Queens, don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't name my daughter after a song about them, you know?

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

It's ok. It's not as old-ladyish as, say, Lorna, but I still have a hard time picturing it on a little girl.

[apathykisses.livejournal.com]

This is my aunt's middle name. When I was young I thought it sounded really old, but now I like it. It's feminine, but it's also strong. The nickname Retta sounds cool too. I'm really loving this name now lol.