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Around the world, Lorrain (لورين , Lorrain , ロラン ) is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely masculine first name. The first name Lorrain is habitual in Syria, where it is quite a common predominantly feminine, but very infrequently boy's name, Libya, where it is quite a rare female name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare mostly female, but infrequently male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Syria, Egypt, and the United States. Likewise, Lorrain is the last name as well as the forename.
Lorrain is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Roland , the Frankish military leader under Charlemagne and main character of the Song of Roland; Lorraine Baines McFly , the fictional character in the Back to the Future films; Lorraine , the fictional character in Phineas and Ferb; Lorraine Wicks , the EastEnders character and Lorraine , the character in the musical All Shook Up, and in many other works.