Name: Lorraine
Gender: Female
Usage: Lorraine is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Lorraine are in general originating from France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lorraine is: Of lothair, Made famous in battle.
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Numerology of the first name Lorraine: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Lorraine is ranked on the 522nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1131300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.016% of the population. The name Lorraine has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Lorraine for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
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 with the given name include:
- 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, Scottish TV journalist
- 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 Swanson, a character played by Mo Collins on the television show MADtv
English and Scottish: transferred use of the surname, denoting a migrant from the province of Lorraine in eastern France. This derives its name from Latin Lotharingia ‘territory of the people of Lothar’ (see Lothar). Lorraine began to be used as a female given name in the 19th century, and has recently become enormously popular, for reasons which are not clear.
Variant: Lorane.
Pet forms: Lor(r)i.
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