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I've honestly never heard of it before. And, until I clicked on the link I assumed it was a male name.

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Lerato Acantha
Lerato Aspasia
Lerato Beatrice
Lerato Cressida
Lerato Deirdre
Lerato Dulcinea
Lerato Echo
Lerato Etain
Lerato Fancy
Lerato Juliet
Lerato Kerensa
Lerato Mai
Lerato Noa
Lerato Olivia
Lerato Ophelia
Lerato Phaedra
Lerato Rosaline
Lerato Sophronia
Lerato Tanith
Lerato Venus

This message was edited 10/11/2013, 12:53 PM

Pronounced le-RAH-toh more

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Living where I do, I've met several ;) and I like it. It's a cheerful name.

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Locally, I've only ever encountered Lerato on Sotho-speakers, but since it can be convenient to have a name that's more accessible to non-Sotho people, the usual pattern is to have Lerato (or whatever) as the fn and give an English or Afrikaans name as a mn. These are often not chosen because they're fashionable, but because they were, e.g., biblical or grandparents' names.

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Possibilities:

Lerato Miriam
Lerato Damaris
Lerato Elizabeth
Lerato Ruth
Lerato Magdalen

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And a real possibility:
Lerato Jacobeth! A merger of Jacoba and Elizabeth, and not exactly a favourite of mine, but it does get used occasionally.

I've never met one, but it reminds me of Laredo, a place in Texas. I'm not sure how its pronounced, but perhaps its different than Laredo.

How is it pronounced? Makes me think of Laredo, as in Laredo, Texas, or 2013 Jeep Cherokee Laredo.