Lorna is a feminine given name. The name is said to have been first coined by R. D. Blackmore for the heroine of his novel Lorna Doone, which appeared in 1869. Blackmore appears to have derived this name from the Scottish placename Lorn/Lorne.[1][2] In the U.S., according to the 1990 census,[3] the name ranks 572 of 4275, and as a surname, Lorna ranks 62296 out of 88799. National Lorna day is held annually on 30 April. It originally started in Staffordshire but is now recognised worldwide.

Lorna
Statue of Lorna Doone, the heroine of R. D. Blackmore's 1869 novel of the same name
GenderFeminine

Notable people named Lorna

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Other uses

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  • "Lorna", Allied WWII reporting name for the Japanese Kyushu Q1W airplane
  • "Lorna Shore", American Deathcore Band from Warren County, New Jersey
  • Lorna Grace Lipscombe CEO and founder of Heavenly Hause of Beauty, Essex, England

References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A dictionary of first names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 173, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  2. ^ Lorna, YourDictionary.com, retrieved 8 March 2013. This webpage cites: Webster's New World College Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 2010.
  3. ^ Think Baby Names: Lorna
  4. ^ Heywood, Anne (30 April 2009). "Sisely, Lorna Verdun (1916 – 2004)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 17 March 2024.