Lorna Forename
3,012th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 346,667 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Lorna Forename Definition:
A female name. this now frequent name was invented by R. D. Blackmore for the heroine of his extremely popular novel Lorna Doone (1869); he apparently formed it from the title of the Marquises of Lorne.
Lorna Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 161,894 | 1:655 | 105 |
| United States | 100% | 48,159 | 1:7,528 | 908 |
| England | 100% | 36,035 | 1:1,543 | 290 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,490 | 1:2,139 | 442 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13,144 | 1:407 | 89 |
| Kenya | 100% | 12,012 | 1:3,855 | 647 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,700 | 1:6,268 | 1,183 |
| Jamaica | - | 7,635 | 1:378 | 58 |
| Sudan | 100% | 5,949 | 1:6,355 | 951 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4,122 | 1:9,936 | 1,002 |
| Australia | - | 3,149 | 1:4,337 | 604 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,687 | 1:1,728 | 276 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,921 | 1:1,611 | 327 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,789 | 1:2,536 | 451 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,748 | 1:1,054 | 218 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,738 | 1:2,043 | 255 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,358 | 1:12,966 | 873 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 970 | 1:8,404 | 861 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 797 | 1:29,824 | 5,099 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 755 | 1:1,803 | 351 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 754 | 1:40,385 | 3,486 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Mexico | 100% | 648 | 1:191,581 | 3,503 |
| Egypt | 100% | 586 | 1:156,828 | 6,244 |
| India | 100% | 533 | 1:2,279,321 | 113,980 |
| Barbados | - | 524 | 1:553 | 126 |
| Argentina | 100% | 510 | 1:83,869 | 1,738 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 500 | 1:9,536 | 898 |
| Guyana | 100% | 468 | 1:1,631 | 299 |
| Congo | 100% | 463 | 1:10,819 | 1,367 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 459 | 1:13,112 | 1,215 |
| Gabon | - | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 428 | 1:36,037 | 3,428 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 363 | 1:489,158 | 15,502 |
| Malta | - | 347 | 1:1,237 | 272 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 337 | 1:89,620 | 4,233 |
| Honduras | 100% | 335 | 1:26,321 | 1,656 |
| Brazil | 100% | 298 | 1:718,913 | 20,929 |
| France | 100% | 277 | 1:239,965 | 3,589 |
| Colombia | 100% | 264 | 1:180,981 | 4,467 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 247 | 1:65,216 | 1,866 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 241 | 1:43,283 | 3,058 |
| Germany | 100% | 238 | 1:406,210 | 4,687 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 227 | 1:74,459 | 4,363 |
| China | - | 212 | 1:6,443,659 | 59,296 |
| Oman | - | 210 | 1:19,565 | 1,723 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Spain | 100% | 192 | 1:242,344 | 4,479 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Belize | 100% | 187 | 1:1,895 | 427 |
| Panama | 100% | 174 | 1:22,451 | 2,137 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 168 | 1:552 | 125 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| Indonesia | - | 160 | 1:1,612,273 | 87,736 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 152 | 1:734 | 76 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 149 | 1:48,000 | 4,380 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 138 | 1:795 | 143 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 128 | 1:777 | 122 |
| Guam | - | 126 | 1:1,275 | 283 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 126 | 1:418,955 | 12,821 |
| Thailand | 100% | 125 | 1:560,527 | 25,619 |
| Italy | 100% | 119 | 1:513,127 | 5,448 |
| French Polynesia | - | 113 | 1:2,459 | 522 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 108 | 1:1,646 | 298 |
| Sweden | 100% | 107 | 1:92,130 | 4,061 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 103 | 1:595 | 95 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 103 | 1:533 | 71 |
| Grenada | 100% | 102 | 1:1,060 | 207 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Zambia | - | 92 | 1:172,335 | 6,428 |
| Singapore | 100% | 91 | 1:69,089 | 6,963 |
| Ecuador | - | 90 | 1:196,966 | 3,417 |
| Norway | 100% | 90 | 1:57,026 | 2,239 |
| Micronesia | - | 88 | 1:1,210 | 182 |
| Brunei | - | 84 | 1:4,995 | 505 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 84 | 1:40,805 | 1,632 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 77 | 1:73,085 | 2,817 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 75 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Botswana | 100% | 74 | 1:29,520 | 3,260 |
| Haiti | 100% | 69 | 1:155,463 | 7,573 |
| Qatar | 100% | 69 | 1:34,342 | 4,570 |
| Bahamas | - | 65 | 1:6,144 | 853 |
| Guernsey | - | 63 | 1:1,005 | 214 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 60 | 1:521 | 66 |
| Hong Kong | - | 60 | 1:129,212 | 2,970 |
| Jersey | - | 59 | 1:1,695 | 338 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 57 | 1:144,096 | 3,864 |
| Cuba | - | 55 | 1:209,210 | 2,958 |
| Albania | 100% | 54 | 1:56,418 | 4,898 |
| Croatia | 100% | 52 | 1:81,098 | 2,233 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 52 | 1:667 | 132 |
| Bermuda | - | 51 | 1:1,271 | 283 |
| Greece | 100% | 51 | 1:214,403 | 4,245 |
| Namibia | - | 49 | 1:49,065 | 3,078 |
| Belgium | 100% | 46 | 1:249,784 | 5,526 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Denmark | - | 31 | 1:182,242 | 4,200 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,708 | 255 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 29 | 1:6,701,989 | 56,824 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 24 | 1:102,448 | 2,904 |
| Japan | - | 23 | 1:5,564,611 | 28,571 |
| Peru | 100% | 21 | 1:1,513,879 | 17,250 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:27,665 | 2,042 |
| Finland | 60% | 20 | 1:274,159 | 4,096 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 18 | 1:736 | 98 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 18 | 1:1,281,996 | 34,985 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 17 | 1:1,271,206 | 31,253 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 17 | 1:33,179 | 1,596 |
| Austria | 100% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Israel | 100% | 15 | 1:560,195 | 10,411 |
| Jordan | 100% | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| Dominica | - | 14 | 1:5,391 | 330 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bolivia | - | 9 | 1:1,177,934 | 3,617 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 8 | 1:904,601 | 6,499 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Palestine | 100% | 7 | 1:650,008 | 3,446 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Czechia | 86% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
Lorna (158) may also be a surname.
Lorna Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this now frequent name was invented by R. D. Blackmore for the heroine of his extremely popular novel Lorna Doone (1869); he apparently formed it from the title of the Marquises of Lorne.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Lorna Forename Popularity
Lorna Demographics
Lorna Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 10 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Lorna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lorna in the Russian language | ||
| Лорна | lorna | - |
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