Loraine (name)
Loraine is Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish feminine given name that is a modern form of the Germanic Chlothar. 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, Irish dancer
- Loraine Boettner, American theologian and author
- Loraine Braham, Australian politician
- Loraine Despres, American novelist and screenwriter
- Loraine Gonzales, 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,, Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist
- Loraine Victor, South African lawn bowler
- Loraine Wyman, American soprano
Middle name
- Beverly Loraine Greene, American architect
- Charles Loraine Smith, English sportsman, artist and politician
- Ella Loraine Dorsey, American author, journalist, and translator
- Francis Loraine Petre, Scottish civil servant
- George Loraine Stampa, British artist
- Sir Henry Loraine Baker, 2nd Baronet, British Royal Navy officer
- John Loraine Baldwin, English cricket enthusiast
Surname
- Eustace Loraine, British aviation pioneer
- John Alexander Loraine, Scottish physician and endocrinologist
- Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Baronet, British naval officer,
- Percy Loraine, whose full name is Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet, British diplomat
- Philip Loraine, a pen name of Robin Estridge, aka Robin York,, British author
- Robert Loraine, London and Broadway stage actor, actor-manager and soldier, later a pioneer aviator
- Violet Loraine, English musical theatre actress and singer
