Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
"Lorna Doone," she answered in a low voice as if afraid of it, and hanging her head, so that I could see only her forehead and eyelashes; "if you please, my name is Lorna Doone; and I thought you must have known it."
1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter 8, in Lorna Doone
Origin
Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869 for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.
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APA
Lorna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lorna
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“Lorna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lorna. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lorna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lorna.
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