Lorraine (given name)
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| Gender | Female |
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| Origin | |
| Word/name | from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, "Lothar's realm"[1] |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Loraine, Lorayne |
| Nickname(s) | Lori/Lorri(e), Raine(y), Reina |
| Related names | |
Lorraine is a feminine given name, which is simply from the name of 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.[citation needed] It is a Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish modern form of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz).[2]
People
[edit]- 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 (born 1958), 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
[edit]- 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 Cheaper by the Dozen film
- Lorraine Wicks, in the British soap opera EastEnders
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lorraine." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 14 January 2013. <Etymonline.com http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Lorraine>.
- ^ "Lorraine". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
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