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) (born 1962)
• 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