as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin denoting a migrant from the province of Lorraine in eastern France. This derives its name from Latin Lotharingia ‘territory of the people of Lothar’. The latter is a Germanic personal name derived from hlud ‘fame’ + heri, hari ‘army’. Lorraine began to be used as a girl's name in Scotland in the 19th century, and for a time in the second half of the 20th century enjoyed great popularity, which has since waned.
| 321st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 188,445
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 202,585
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Lorraine per capita
- 1928
- marked the height of its popularity
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