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Lorrine
How to Pronounce Lorrine
Pronounced luh-REEN /ləˈriːn/Medium
Meaning: Lorrine is a respelling of Lorraine, the name of the French border region. Lorraine descends from Latin Lotharingia, 'the land of Lothar', and the personal name Lothar itself comes from Germanic roots meaning 'famous army'. Lorrine keeps that sense while trimming Lorraine to a two-syllable sound, and it sits close to the variant Lorine as well.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Lorrine is a streamlined spelling of Lorraine, which entered English use as a girl's name in the surname-and-place fashion, carrying the ring of the French duchy famous from history. The doubled-r, single-syllable-shift spelling reflects an American ear, and the name travelled alongside Loraine and Lorine in the same decades.
Across United States records Lorrine stayed a minor variant, drawing only a couple dozen girls a year even at its high around 1927 while the standard Lorraine was far better known. A girl named Lorrine then belongs to a great-grandmother's generation now, her name a quiet spelling-cousin of a once-fashionable favorite.
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What does the name Lorrine mean?
It is a respelling of Lorraine, a French regional name derived from Lothar, meaning 'famous army'.
How do you pronounce Lorrine?
It's said luh-REEN /ləˈriːn/, two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Lorrine a boy or girl name?
Lorrine is used as a girl's name.
Is Lorrine a popular name?
No, it was always rare, a variant spelling of Lorraine that saw only faint use in the early twentieth century, around the nineteen-twenties.