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I think it looks fake. Lorraine was the form most widely used where I live, followed by Loraine, but I think it peaked in the 1940s so it might be due for a new surge in popularity. Except for a very few names (Justine, Suzanne), I don't like spondees so it doesn't appeal to me much.

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There was a cricketer here in South Africa a long time ago - 1960s perhaps - whose given name was Lorraine; he was known as Lorrie. This was because of some World War I link that his family had.