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Lauren vs Lorna - What's the difference?

lauren | lorna |

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

English

Alternative forms

* Loren

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; a variant of Laura or a modern feminine form of Lawrence. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s.
  • , a rare spelling variant of Loren.
  • 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.

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    lorna

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • of mostly Scottish usage.
  • * 1869 , Lorna Doone , Chapter 8:
  • "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."

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