The first syllable of Laura in Italian rhymes with now, so Lauretta does not really sound like the decidedly midcentury Loretta thought most English speakers will pronounce it that way. Still, this Italian names for girls feels more closely related to the classic beauty Laura and somehow more charming and unusual.

Tatyana, an alternate spelling of the lovely Tatiana, definitely has its followers.

A musette is both a dance and an antique instrument, but the name is most associated with the classic opera La Bohème.

Dido was the heroine of Virgil's Aeneid and of the opera "Dido and Aeneas," and in Roman mythology the founder of Carthage. A strong ancient name in the Juno mode, but it could have some awkward associations down the line.

Clorinda is a romantic name invented by a sixteenth-century poet, but has a synthetic sound today.