Lauren vs Lorna - What's the difference?
lauren | lorna |
; a variant of Laura or a modern feminine form of Lawrence. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s.
, a rare spelling variant of Loren.
of mostly Scottish usage.
* 1869 , Lorna Doone , Chapter 8:
As proper nouns the difference between lauren and lorna
is that lauren is ; a variant of laura or a modern feminine form of lawrence popular in the 1990s and the 2000s while lorna is of mostly scottish usage.lauren
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Alternative forms
* LorenProper noun
(en proper noun)Quotations
* 2004 , Runaway:Stories , Knopf 2004, page 214 ("Trespasses") *: "I don't like my name," said Delphine. "Nobody likes their own name." *: "I don't like mine." *: "Lauren' s nice. They picked a nice name for you." * 2007 Marcel Danesi, Why It Sells:Decoding the Meanings of Brand Names , Rowman&Littlefield 2007, page 59 *: For example, the new York designer Ralph Lifshitz chose to change his "unpleasant-sounding" name to Ralph Lauren , creating a multi-billion-dollar clothing enterprise as a result.Anagrams
* * *lorna
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "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."