Lorriane
Feminine · “A spelling of Lorraine”
Lorriane is Lorraine with two letters swapped, a spelling from the first half of the twentieth century. Lorraine had its own love song, 'Sweet Lorraine', which a young pianist named Nat Cole sang early in his career.
How old is the name Lorriane?
Lorriane first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Lorriane alive today was born around 1961, making them about 64 years old. About 400 people named Lorriane are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lorriane most popular?
Lorriane peaked in 1932, reaching #2235 nationally. See the whole 1932 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Lotharingia to Lorriane
The story of Lorriane
'Sweet Lorraine' was written in 1928 and became a standard; Nat King Cole, then known mainly as a jazz pianist, sang it with his trio, and it was one of the recordings that turned him into a singer. Lorriane, with the n and the a swapped, is a spelling found in American records of the early twentieth century; nothing records whether families chose it or a clerk wrote it that way.
Meaning
A spelling of Lorraine, from the French region
Lorraine is the region of northeastern France, named after the medieval kingdom of Lothar.
How the name formed
- Lotharingia
- Lorraine
- Lorriane
Related forms: Lorraine · Loraine
Pronouncing Lorriane
luh-RAYN
Two syllables with the stress on the second, like Lorraine.
Nicknames for Lorriane
Limited
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
- 1919
- Most girls named
- 196124 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2235reached in 1932
- Change vs 1990
- 0.0%5 in 2004, 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.
Lorriane in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lorraine in French — spelling variant
- Loraine in English — spelling variant
Lorrianes among us
people named Lorriane 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
Lorriane 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
- Sounds like Lorraine, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Lori as a ready short form.
- Rare in this spelling.
- Almost everyone will write Lorraine.
- The spelling looks like a typo to many.
- It reads as an older name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lorrianes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Lorriane are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lorriane in 2025?
- Lorriane is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Lorriane will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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