Lorin

Lorin is a given name with a variety of origins and meanings. The most common origin of Lorin and its variants, Lorne, Loren and Lorn, is Scottish, coming from the first king, Loarn mac Eirc, of Dál Riata, a medieval kingdom in the western Highlands of Scotland, which became part of the Kingdom of Alba. The region is still known as Lorn or Lorne. The meaning of Lorin in old Gaelic is "fox" or "from the land." In some other traditions, the name derives from a bay or laurel plant; of Laurentum. Laurentum, in turn is from laurus (laurel), from the place of laurel trees, laurel branch, laurel wreath. Laurentum was also a city in ancient Italy. It is also a Kurdish female given name, derived from the Kurmanji word lorî, meaning "lullaby." Some sources recognize a linguistic connection to Germanic and Norse words meaning forsaken or forlorn, but these connections seem unlikely.

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