Lorna

Lorna

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

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. As a surname, Lorna ranks 62296 out of 88799.

Notables named Lorna


Fictional bearers of the name

References

  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
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