Lorraine (given name)

Lorraine

Gender	Female
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	Laura Laurène Lareine Lauren Laraine Lorene Lorinne Lorena

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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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). ^[2]

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 (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

• 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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Lorraine
• All pages with titles containing Lorraine
• Lorraine (disambiguation)
• Lorraine (surname)
• Loraine (name)
• Lorraine (disambiguation)
• Lorrain (disambiguation)
• Rainie (disambiguation)
• House of Lorraine
• Cross of Lorraine
• Harry Lorayne

References

1. "Lorraine." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 14 January 2013. <Etymonline.com http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Lorraine>.
2. "Lorraine". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.