Lorna
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869. Invented by R. D. Blackmore for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.
Proper noun
[edit]Lorna
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
- 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter 8, in Lorna Doone:
- "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."
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lorna
- a female given name from Scottish Gaelic
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lorna.
Categories:
- English terms coined by R. D. Blackmore
- English coinages
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms with quotations
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano female given names from Scottish Gaelic