Lorraine (given name)
Lorraine is a feminine given name derived from the region of Lorraine in France. It has been used in the English-speaking world since the Franco-Prussian War, during which events brought the region to the North American public's attention. It is a Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish modern form of the Germanic name Chlothar.
People
- Lorraine Bracco, American actress
- Lorraine Broderick, American television soap opera writer
- Lorraine Chase, English actress and model
- Lorraine Cheshire, English actress
- Lorraine Cole, English badminton player and Coach
- Lorraine Collett, American model
- Lorraine Dunn, Panamanian sprinter and hurdler
- Lorraine Ellison, American soul singer
- Lorraine Fenton, Jamaican athlete
- Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American mezzo-soprano
- Lorraine Kelly, Scottish broadcaster
- Lorraine Landon, Australian basketball administrator and former player and coach
- Lorraine Malach, Canadian artist
- Lorraine McIntosh, female vocalist, with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue
- Lorraine McNamara, American ice dancer
- Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
- Lorraine O'Grady, American conceptual artist
- Lorraine Pascale, British model and TV chef
- Lorraine Pearson, English vocalist, formerly with the band Five Star
- Lorraine Segato, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
- Lorraine Stefani, British higher education academic
- Lorraine Thorpe, British convicted murderer
- Lorraine Warren, American paranormal investigator
Fictional characters
- Lorraine Baines McFly, the mother of Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy
- Lorraine Baker, the third daughter in the Baker family in the film Cheaper by the Dozen
- Lorraine Reilly, a character in the DC Comics universe
- Lorraine Wicks, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders''