Loraine (name)
Loraine is a feminine given name that is a modern form of the Germanic Chlothar. It is a name that originates from the French region of Lorraine. Notable people known by this name include the following:
Given name
- Loraine Baricchi, half of the Luca and Loraine Baricchi ballroom dance pair
- Loraine Barry, Irish dancer
- Loraine Boettner, American theologian and author
- Loraine Braham, Australian politician
- Loraine Despres, American novelist and screenwriter
- Loraine Gonzales, American wheelchair basketball player
- Loraine Hutchins, American author, activist and sex educator
- Loraine Immen, American philanthropist, elocutionist and club leader
- Loraine Mellor, British Methodist minister
- Loraine Obler, American neuroscientist
- Loraine Seville, known by the stage name Raine Seville, Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist
- Loraine Bedsole Bush Tunstall, American child welfare advocate
- Loraine Victor, South African lawn bowler
- Loraine Wyman, American soprano
Surname
- Eustace Loraine, British aviation pioneer
- John Alexander Loraine, Scottish physician and endocrinologist
- Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Baronet, British naval officer
- Percy Loraine, whose full name is Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet, British diplomat
- Philip Loraine, a pen name of Robin Estridge, British author
- Robert Loraine, London and Broadway stage actor, actor-manager and soldier, later a pioneer aviator
- Violet Loraine, English musical theatre actress and singer