Lorna
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Lorna is a modern feminine given name
. The name may have been first coined by R. D. Blackmore
for the heroine of his novel Lorna Doone
, which appeared in 1869.
The name Lorna is most popular in Scotland
and is often regarded as the feminine version of the masculine
given name Lorne
, which itself comes from the area of Lorne, Scotland.
In the U.S., according to the 1990 census, the name ranks 572 of 4275. As a surname
, Lorna ranks 62296 out of 88799.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. The name may have been first coined by R. D. Blackmore
R. D. Blackmore
Richard Doddridge Blackmore , referred to most commonly as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world...
for the heroine of his novel Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor....
, which appeared in 1869.
The name Lorna is most popular in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and is often regarded as the feminine version of the masculine
Masculine
Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender*Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music...
given name Lorne
Lorne
Lorne is a given name and place name especially popular in Canada, due to the Marquess of Lorne, who was Governor-General of Canada . Lorne may refer to:-Given name:*Lorne Anderson , Canadian hockey player...
, which itself comes from the area of Lorne, Scotland.
In the U.S., according to the 1990 census, the name ranks 572 of 4275. As a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, Lorna ranks 62296 out of 88799.
People
- Lorna AponteLorna (rapper)Lorna Zarina Aponte , better known simply as Lorna, is a female rapper and reggaeton artist best known for her song "Papi chulo... "...
, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
nian rapper who recorded the popular song "Papi Chulo (Te Traigo el Mmmm)" - Lorna ArnoldLorna ArnoldLorna Arnold is a historian who has written a number of books connected with the British nuclear weapons programmes.As the second official historian of the British nuclear weapons programmes, she has had access to previously secret documents and personally knew many of the people involved...
, British historian of the UK's nuclear weapons programmes - Lorna BennettLorna BennettLorna Bennett is a reggae singer who twice topped the Jamaican singles chart in the early 1970s, and who is best remembered for her reggae version of "Breakfast in Bed".-Biography:Born in St...
, Jamaican reggae singer - Dame Lorna May Boreland-Kelly, British magistrate and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission
- Lorna Dee CervantesLorna Dee CervantesLorna Dee Cervantes is an award-winning Chicana-Native American poet who is considered one of the major Chicana poets of the past 40 years. She has been described by Alurista, as "probably the best Chicana poet active today." Lorna Dee Cervantes was born in 1954 in California. She grew up in San...
, Chicana American poet - Lorna CordeiroLorna CordeiroLorna Cordeiro popularly known as Lorna, is a popular Konkani language singer and tiatrist from the state of Goa, India.-Early life:Lorna was born in Mumbai on 9 August 1946 to Cecelia Cordeiro and Theophilus Cordeiro and was brought up there. She belongs to the Goan Catholic community, a prominent...
, a singer from GoaGoaGoa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - Lorna CrozierLorna CrozierLorna Crozier is a Canadian poet and holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria....
, Canadian poet and essayist - Lorna FitzgeraldLorna FitzgeraldLorna Katie Fitzgerald is a British actress from Northampton. She lives in Hunsbury. Her most notable role to date is that of Abi Branning in the British soap opera EastEnders.- Personal life :...
, British actress - Lorna GoldbergLorna GoldbergLorna Goldberg is a social worker, certified psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and researcher of cults.Lorna works full time in a private practice as a therapist. Her focus is on children, adolescents and adults who have had exposure to cultic groups...
, American social worker, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and researcher of cults - Lorna GoodisonLorna GoodisonLorna Goodison is a Jamaican poet, a leading West Indian writer of the generation born after World War II, currently dividing her time between Jamaica and Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she teaches at the University of Michigan.-Biography:...
, Jamaican poet - Lorna GriffinLorna GriffinLorna Joann Griffin is a retired female shot putter and discus thrower from the United States. A two-time bronze medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games she competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th and 12th place .-References:*...
, American shot putter and discus thrower - Lorna E. LockwoodLorna E. LockwoodLorna Elizabeth Lockwood was a Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. She was the first female Chief Justice of a state supreme court in the United States. In the 1960s she was almost nominated by President Lyndon Johnson to be the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court...
, first female Chief Justice of a state supreme court in the US - Lorna LuftLorna LuftLorna Luft is an American television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and Sid Luft, and the half-sister of singer and actress Liza Minnelli.-Biography:...
, American singer and actress, daughter of Judy GarlandJudy GarlandJudy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...
and half-sister of Liza MinnelliLiza MinnelliLiza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli.... - Lorna RaverLorna RaverLorna Raver is an American actress who has appeared in numerous plays, films, and television series. She is sometimes credited as Lorna Raver Johnson....
, American actress who played Sylvia Ganush in the 2009 horror film Drag Me to HellDrag Me to HellDrag Me to Hell is a 2009 American horror film, directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Sam and Ivan Raimi. The plot focuses on loan officer Christine Brown , who tries to impress her boss by refusing to extend a loan to a gypsy woman by the name of Mrs. Ganush... - Lorna SageLorna SageLorna Sage was a Welsh-born academic, as well as an award-winning literary critic and author, known widely for her contribution to the consideration of women's writing.-Biography:...
, British literary critic and author - Lorna SimpsonLorna SimpsonLorna Simpson is an African American artist and photographer who made her name in the 1980s and 1990s with artworks such as Guarded Conditions and Square Deal. Her work often portrays black women combined with text to express contemporary society's relationship with race, ethnicity and sex...
, American photographer - Lorna TolentinoLorna TolentinoVictoria Lorna Aluquin-Fernandez, better known as Lorna Tolentino , is a Filipina actress, host, executive producer and widow of actor Rudy Fernandez. Together, they bore two sons named Ralph and Renz.She was born on December 23, 1961 in Concepcion, Tarlac and later moved to Manila...
, Filipina film actress - Lorna YabsleyLorna YabsleyLorna Yabsley is a British former actress and photographer who pioneered the "reportage" style of wedding photography during the early 1990s and founded the photographic company known as "bangwallop"....
, British actress and photographer
Other uses
- Lorna DooneLorna DooneLorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor....
, 1869, a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Lorna, the BarbarellaBarbarella (comic book)Barbarella is a fictional heroine in the French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. He created the character for serialisation in the French magazine V-Magazine in spring 1962, and in 1964 Eric Losfeld later published these strips as a stand-alone book, under the title...
-like comic book character by Alfonso AzpiriAlfonso AzpiriAlfonso Azpiri is a Spanish comic book artist, whose work is mainly of the adult variety.Azpiri was born in Madrid. His early work was published in the 1970s and was mainly aimed at the Italian market which then welcomed stories containing a mixture of horror, sex and nudity...
which features some fun-poking at Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
. She is also the protagonist of the video game of the same name. - Lorna Dane, alter-ego of the female X-MenX-MenThe X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
member PolarisPolaris (comics)Polaris is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books. Created by Arnold Drake, Don Heck, Werner Roth and Jim Steranko, Polaris first appeared in The X-Men #49... - Lorna, the younger sister to Margaret "Maggie" Beare in Mother and SonMother and SonMother and Son is a Logie Award-winning Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris...
- LornaLorna (film)Lorna is a 1964 film by Russ Meyer. Shot mainly on the small main street that runs through the town of Locke, California in September 1963, this was Meyer's first film in 35 mm. It was Meyer's first film to employ a dramatic storyline, the most expensive film he had filmed to date, and the first of...
, a 1964 film by Russ Meyer starring Lorna MaitlandLorna MaitlandLorna Maitland is a film actress noted mostly for her large-breasted figure and appearances in three Russ Meyer films: Lorna, Mudhoney and Mondo Topless. Her given name is Barbara Popejoy... - Lorna, principal character in the 2008 Belgian film Lorna's Silence
- Lorna from the MMORPG Mabinogi (game) edutainment series "Lorna & Pan's Fantasy Life!"
- Little Lorna from Juilio Sinope's Erotic Comic Book "The Adventures of Little Lorna" a graphical random serial in which a young heroine is thrown into sexually compromising situations.