Lorimer (surname)

Lorimer is a surname of Scottish origin which means "a bridle maker."^[1] It may also refer to a "maker and seller of spurs, bits, and other metal attachments to harness and tackle, from Anglo-Norman French lorenier, loremier, an agent derivative of Old French lorain meaning ‘tackle’ or ‘harness’, etc."^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

Bob Lorimer (born 1953), retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman
David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876–1962), officer in the British Indian Army and noted linguist
George Lorimer (disambiguation)
Glennis Lorimer (1913–1968), British actress
Henry Lorimer (1879–1933), British Conservative Party politician
Hew Lorimer (1907–1993), Scottish sculptor
Hugh Lorimer (born 1896), Scottish footballer
Ian Lorimer, British television director
James Lorimer (1926-2022), American attorney and FBI agent
James Lorimer (Australian politician) (1831–1889), Australian politician and businessman
James Lorimer (South African politician)
John Gordon Lorimer (civil servant) (1870–1914), Scottish colonial administrator and historian
John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936), Scottish painter who worked on portraits and genre scenes of everyday life
John Lorimer (surgeon) (1732–1795), Anglo-American surgeon, mathematician, politician and cartographer
Linda Lorimer, American university administrator
Maxwell George Lorimer, known as Max Wall (1908–1990), English comedian and actor
Norma Lorimer (1864–1948), Scots novelist and travel writer
Peter Lorimer (1946–2021), footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s for Leeds United
Robert Lorimer (1864–1929), Scottish architect
Roddy Lorimer (born 1953), Scottish musician who has performed with Blur, Gene, The Rolling Stones, Suede, The Waterboys and Kick Horns
William Lorimer (politician) (1861–1934), United States Senator and congressman from the State of Illinois
William Lorimer (scholar) (1885–1967), scholar best known for his translation of the New Testament into Lowland Scots

References

^ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 70. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.
^ Hanks, Patrick (2013). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374.

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[theorigin70-1] Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 70. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.

[2] Hanks, Patrick (2013). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374.

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