Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. LAWR-nə  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Created by the author R. D. Blackmore for the title character in his novel Lorna Doone (1869), set in southern England, which describes the dangerous love between John Ridd and Lorna Doone. Blackmore may have based the name on the Scottish place name Lorne or on the title Marquis of Lorne (see Lorne).

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Entry updated November 16, 2019