Loredana

Loredana is an Italian and Romanian^[1] feminine given name, claimed to be invented by French author George Sand in her novel Mattea (1833) – although the name had been documented prior – and later popularized by Luciano Zuccoli [it] with L'amore di Loredana (1908). It may have been inspired by the real-life Venetian surname Loredan, itself from the toponym Loreo, Veneto, which originated from its Latin name Lauretum, meaning "laurel field".^[2]

A related version, Oredana, exists in Italy, originating from wrongly perceiving the opening L as an article (L'Oredana).^{[citation needed]}

Notable people with the name include:

• Ioana Loredana Roșca (born 1996), Romanian tennis player
• Loredana (actress) (1924–2016), Italian actress
• Loredana Auletta (born 1969), Italian softball player
• Loredana Bertè (born 1950), Italian singer
• Loredana Boboc (born 1984), Romanian gymnast
• Loredana Bujor (born 1972), Romanian tennis player
• Loredana Cannata (born 1975), Italian actress
• Loredana De Petris (born 1957), Italian politician
• Loredana Dinu (born 1984), Romanian épée fencer
• Loredana Errore (born 1984), Romanian-born Italian singer
• Loredana Groza (born 1970), Romanian singer
• Loredana Lanzani (born 1965), Italian-American mathematician
• Loredana Lecciso (born 1972), Italian entertainer
• Loredana Marcello (1518–1572), Dogaressa of Venice
• Loredana Angela Mihai, Romanian mathematician, numerical analyst and academic
• Loredana Nusciak (1942–2006), Italian actress and model
• Loredana Popa (born 1999), Romanian footballer
• Loredana Sasso (born 1957), Italian academic
• Loredana Sciolla (born 1947), Italian sociologist, academic and author
• Loredana Simioli (1974–2019), Italian actress and television host
• Loredana Simonetti (born 1930), Italian middle-distance runner
• Loredana Sperini (born 1970), Swiss artist
• Loredana Toma (born 1995), Romanian female weightlifter
• Loredana Trigilia (born 1976), Italian wheelchair fencer
• Loredana Zefi (born 1995), Swiss rapper
• Loredana Zisu (born 1979), Romanian swimmer
• Loredana Zugna (born 1952), Italian sports shooter