Lorraine (given name)

Lorraine

Gender	Feminine
Origin
Word/name	from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, "Lothar's realm"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Loraine, Lorayne
Nickname(s)	Lori/Lorri(e), Raine(y), Reina
Related names	Laura, Laurène, Lareine, Lauren, Laraine, Lorena

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 after World War I, during which events brought Lorraine, France to the North American public imagination.

People

• 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 mezzo-soprano
• Lorraine Kelly (born 1959), Scottish broadcaster
• Lorraine Baines McFly, the mother of Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy
• Lorraine McIntosh, female vocalist, with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue
• Lorraine Segato, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
• Lorraine Nicholson, American Actress
• Lorraine Warren, a paranormal investigator who The Conjuring movies are based on.
• Lorraine M. Herger, electrical engineer, CIO, IBM Research.

See also

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