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Lorraine (given name)

FieldValue
nameLorraine
genderFemale
originfrom Medieval Latin Lotharingia, "Lothar's realm"
alternative spellingLoraine, Lorayne
nicknameLori/Lorri(e), Raine(y), Reina

Lorraine is a feminine given name derived from the region of Lorraine in France. It has been used in the English-speaking world (especially the United States and Canada) since the Franco-Prussian War, during which events brought the region to the North American public's attention. It is a Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish modern form of the Germanic name Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz).

People

  • Lorraine Bracco (born 1954), American actress
  • Lorraine Broderick (born 1948), American television soap opera writer
  • Lorraine Chase (born 1951), English actress and model
  • Lorraine Cheshire (1960–2025), English actress
  • Lorraine Cole (born 1967), English badminton player and Coach
  • Lorraine Collett (1892–1983), American model
  • Lorraine Dunn (1942–2003), Panamanian sprinter and hurdler
  • Lorraine Ellison (1931–1983), American soul singer
  • Lorraine Fenton (born 1973), Jamaican athlete
  • Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), American playwright
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954–2006), American mezzo-soprano
  • Lorraine Kelly (born 1959), Scottish broadcaster
  • Lorraine Landon (born 1947), Australian basketball administrator and former player and coach
  • Lorraine Malach (1933–2003), Canadian artist
  • Lorraine McIntosh (born 1964), female vocalist, with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue
  • Lorraine McNamara (born 1999), American ice dancer
  • Lorraine Nicholson (born 1990), American actress
  • Lorraine O'Grady (1934–2024), American conceptual artist
  • Lorraine Pascale (born 1972), British model and TV chef
  • Lorraine Pearson (born 1967), English vocalist, formerly with the band Five Star
  • Lorraine Segato (born 1956), Canadian pop singer-songwriter
  • Lorraine Stefani, British higher education academic
  • Lorraine Thorpe (born 1994), British convicted murderer
  • Lorraine Warren (1927–2019), American paranormal investigator

Fictional characters

  • Lorraine Baines McFly, the mother of Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy
  • Lorraine Baker, the third daughter in the Baker family in the film Cheaper by the Dozen
  • Lorraine Reilly (Firehawk), a character in the DC Comics universe
  • Lorraine Wicks, in the British soap opera EastEnders

References

References

  1. "Lorraine." [[Online Etymology Dictionary]]. [[Douglas Harper]]. Retrieved 14 January 2013. <Etymonline.com http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Lorraine>.
  2. "Lorraine".
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