Lorne

Where Lorne comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lorne.

  • Vowel-ended
Lorne through the years
  1. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,130 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Lorne Greene born
    Canadian actor, musician, singer, and radio personality
  3. 1944
    Lorne Michaels born
    Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor
  4. 1966
    Peak, #559
    186 babies named Lorne, the most in any year.
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #848.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Lorne Michaels · Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor, born 1944
  • Lorne Greene · Canadian actor, musician, singer, and radio personality, 1915–1987
  • Lorne Balfe · Scottish composer, born 1976
  • Lorne Cardinal · Canadian actor and director, born 1964
  • Lorne Loomer · Canadian rower, 1937–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.