Lorna en · PROPN
Etymology
Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869 for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.
Meanings
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A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
"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."
1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter 8, in Lorna Doone: