Lorraine (given name)

Lorraine (also spelled Loraine or Lorayne) is used as a feminine name, meaning "From Lorraine, France". The name is of French origin, and is above all in the United States and Canada, after World War I, during which events brought Lorraine, France to the North American public imagination. Variations include: Lori, Lorri, Lorrie, Lorena. Rainey, Reina, Reigna, Laura, Laurène, Lareine, and Lorena.

People with the given name include:

• Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy
• Lorraine Bracco, American actress
• Lorraine Broderick, American television soap opera writer
• Lorraine Chase, English actress and model
• Lorraine Collett, American model
• Lorraine Ellison, American soul singer
• Lorraine Fenton, Jamaican athlete
• Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American soprano
• Lorraine Kelly, Scottish TV journalist
• Lorraine McIntosh, female vocalist, with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue
• Lorraine Segato, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
• Lorraine Swanson, a character played by Mo Collins on the television show MADtv
• Lorraine Semic, Fillipina Student

See also

• Loraine (disambiguation)
• Lorraine (disambiguation)
• Lorrain (disambiguation)
• House of Lorraine
• Harry Lorayne