Lorraine (given name)

Lorraine
Gender	Feminine
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, 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.

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