Coretta - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Coretta \c(o)-

. Elaborated form of Cora, using the -etta ending (originally an Italian diminutive form). Name of the widow of American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King.

For more information, see also the related name Kora.

Baby names that sound like Coretta are Caretta and Koretta. Other similar baby names are Coletta, Conetta, Corvetta, Cosetta, Doretta and Loretta.

Coretta is a somewhat common first name for women (#2322 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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