Lorraine’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Lorraine
Lorraine's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Lorraine's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Lorraine: meaning and origin
Lorraine is a place name. Behind the Name says it comes from the region of eastern France, originally meaning “kingdom of Lothar”, after a Frankish king who was a great-grandson of Charlemagne; in German the region is Lothringen, from the Latin Lothari regnum. Wikipedia says the name has been used in the English-speaking world, especially in the US and Canada, since the Franco-Prussian War brought the region to North American attention. Behind the Name adds that it became popular after World War I, when Lorraine was in the news again.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Lori, Lorie, Lorinda, Lorri and Lorrie as diminutives and Laraine, Loraine and Lorayne as variant spellings. Its Latin cousin is Lorena, used in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Lori is the cheerful everyday pick.
Famous people named Lorraine
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry was the first Black American woman to have a play performed on Broadway, A Raisin in the Sun, and a line from one of her speeches inspired Nina Simone’s song “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”. Lorraine Bracco played Karen Hill in Goodfellas (1990) and psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi in The Sopranos. And Scottish broadcaster Lorraine Kelly has presented her own morning show, Lorraine, since 2010.
Is Lorraine a popular name?
Lorraine rose after World War I. US Social Security data has it entering the top 200 at 110th in the 1910s and reaching its best rank, 50th, in the 1920s, when nearly 50,000 American girls were named Lorraine. It stayed popular for decades, at 62nd in the 1930s, 95th in the 1940s and 126th in the 1950s, before a final appearance at 171st in the 1960s.
Lorraine trivia
Lorraine has a famous dish. Wikipedia says quiche Lorraine, the version with bacon or lardons, takes its name from the region, and that the word quiche was first recorded in Lorraine in 1605; it may be related to the German Kuchen, “cake”. The region’s double-barred Cross of Lorraine became the symbol of Free France in World War II.
Gift ideas that suit a Lorraine
- For a cook. Recipes and menus, starting with quiche Lorraine.
- For a playwright. Scenes and drafts, in honor of Lorraine Hansberry.
- For a trip to France. Travel notes, for a name taken from a French region.
- For Grandparents Day. Lorraine peaked in the 1920s, so it suits a grandmother.
How Lorraine can use it
Any Lorraine, of any age. The 6" x 9" size is roomy enough for proper writing and small enough for a handbag or school bag. With 160 plain lined pages there’s no fixed layout, so it can be a diary, a gratitude journal, a study notebook, a recipe book or a home for to-do lists. Notebooks tend to multiply in drawers, but one with her name on the front is instantly hers.
The little things that make it hers
There’s something about seeing your own name in print. It makes a notebook feel like it belongs to you, which is a good reason to fill it. It also means Lorraine can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Lorraine’s Notebook? About the size of a trade paperback book: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm), 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? It’s sold on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon prints and ships each copy and handles delivery and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes, the same apple blossom design comes in hundreds of girls’ names. Start at all name notebooks or our personalized name notebooks guide.
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