Lorraine (given name)

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| origin = from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, "Lothar's realm""Lorraine." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 14 January 2013. .

| alternative spelling = Loraine, Lorayne

| nickname = Lori/Lorri(e), Raine(y), Reina

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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.{{cn|date=April 2024}} It is a Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish modern form of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz).{{cite web|url=http://www.name-doctor.com/name-lorraine-meaning-of-lorraine-10825.html|title=Lorraine|website=Name-doctor.com|access-date=February 7, 2020}}

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

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