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The girl's name Lorraine \l(o)-rrai-ne\ is pronounced lor-AYN. It is of French origin, and its meaning is "from Lorraine". Name of the province in France (where Joan of Arc came from) and a family name of French royalty. Also an elaboration of Lora, or possibly derived from Laura (Latin) "laurel". See also Lorena. Actress Laraine Newman. Lorraine has 13 variant forms: Laraine, Larayne, Laurraine, Leraine, Lerayne, Lorain, Loraina, Loraine, Lorayne, Lori, Lorine, Lorraina and Lorrayne. For more information, see also the related name Raina. Baby names that sound like Lorraine are Larraine, Lauraine, Lorrin, Loirane, Lorrina and Lorianne. Lorraine is a very common first name for women (#165 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#23631 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census) Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl name Lorraine. Compare Lorraine with its variant forms and related girl names.
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