Loraine (name)

Loraine is Russian, French, Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish feminine given name that is a modern form of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of and Harjaz).^[1] It is a very classy name with origin from the French region of Lorraine. Notable people known by this name include the following:

Given name[]

• Loraine Baricchi, part of the Luca and Loraine Baricchi ballroom dance pair
• Loraine Barry (born 1964), Irish dancer
• Loraine Boettner (1901–1990), American theologian and author
• Loraine Braham (born 1938), Australian politician
• Loraine Despres, American novelist and screenwriter
• Loraine Gonzales (born 1977), American Wheelchair basketball player
• Loraine Hutchins, American author
• Loraine Mellor, British Methodist Minister
• Loraine Obler, American neuroscientist
• Loraine Seville, known by the stage name Raine Seville, (born 1986), Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist
• Loraine Victor (born 1948), South African lawn bowler
• Loraine Wyman (1885–1937), American soprano

Middle name[]

• Beverly Loraine Greene (1915 – 1957), American architect
• Charles Loraine Smith (1751 – 1835), English sportsman, artist and politician
• Ella Loraine Dorsey (1853 – 1935), American author, journalist, and translator
• Francis Loraine Petre (1852 – 1925), Scottish civil servant
• George Loraine Stampa (1875–1951), British artist
• Sir Henry Loraine Baker, 2nd Baronet (1787 – 1859), British Royal Navy officer
• John Loraine Baldwin (1809 – 1896), English cricket enthusiast

Surname[]

• Eustace Loraine (1879–1912), British aviation pioneer
• John Alexander Loraine (1924- 1988), Scottish physician and endocrinologist
• Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Baronet (1838 - 1917), British naval officer,
• Percy Loraine, whose full name is Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet (1880–1961), British diplomat
• Philip Loraine, a pen name of Robin Estridge, aka Robin York, (1920–2002), British author
• Robert Loraine (1876–1935), London and Broadway stage actor, actor-manager and soldier, later a pioneer aviator
• Violet Loraine (1886–1956), English musical theatre actress and singer

See also[]

• All pages with titles beginning with Loraine
• All pages with titles containing Loraine
• Loraine (disambiguation)
• Helen M. McLoraine
• Lorraine (given name)
• Lorraine (surname)
• Rainie (disambiguation)

Notes[]

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