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 (1896–1939), 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

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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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