Lorrayne
Feminine · “The kingdom of Lothair”
Lorrayne is the name of a kingdom that was handed to a man called Lothair and never stopped being fought over — the strip of land between France and Germany that both spent a thousand years claiming.
How old is the name Lorrayne?
Lorrayne first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Lorrayne alive today was born around 1925, making them about 100 years old. About 200 people named Lorrayne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lorrayne most popular?
Lorrayne peaked in 1925, reaching #988 nationally. See the whole 1925 chart.
Where it comes from
From Lotharingia to Lorrayne
The story of Lorrayne
When Charlemagne's empire was divided among his grandsons, the middle share was a long north-south corridor with no natural borders, running from the North Sea to Italy, and it fell apart within two generations while the east and west shares became Germany and France. What remained of the middle kept the name of the king who had held it. The corridor has been the ground of European wars ever since, for the straightforward reason that it was never a country — it was an accounting solution to the problem of having three heirs, and everything that happened there afterward followed from that.
Meaning
The kingdom of Lothair
The Latin name means the realm of Lothair, a Carolingian king whose middle portion of the empire was neither France nor Germany. The French name of the region wore down from that phrase, and the given name comes from the region.
How the name formed
- Lotharingia
- Lorraine
- Lorrayne
Related forms: Lorraine
Pronouncing Lorrayne
luh-RAYN
Two syllables with the stress at the back. Identical to the standard spelling.
Nicknames for Lorrayne
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most girls named
- 192457 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #988reached in 1925
- Change vs 2006
- +40.0%7 in 2009, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lorrayne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lorraine in French — same name
Lorraynes among us
people named Lorrayne are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lorrayne sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The place behind it is real, large and historically central.
- The back stress gives it a strong finish.
- It shortens to a name that is entirely current.
- Lorraine is the standard spelling and hers will be written that way.
- The altered letters are inaudible, so she will spell it rather than say it.
- The name sits firmly in one American generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lorraynes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Lorrayne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lorrayne in 2025?
- Lorrayne is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lorrayne with classmates?
- Lorrayne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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