Lachlan?

[Noodle1234]

What do you think of the name Lachlan? Also, how would you pronounce it?

[Lolimax]

I like it. DD 19 knew one in school. He pronounced his 'lack-lun'. We're Welsh not Scottish if that makes any difference?

[Jessbow]

Lock-lun
Quite like it

[dancemom]

Lach with the same ch sound as the Scottish pronunciation of loch

[IMurderedStampyLongnose]

Lock-Lun.loves it!

[Drquin]

Similarly to how you'd pronounce "loch" ..... Which is the issue :-)
Depends if that expanse of water is pronounced more like the bit which secures a door .....

Then more of a "lun" than "laan" ending.

[MyNewBearTotoro]

I love it, it's on my shortlist if DC3 is a boy and I think the nickname Lockie is very cute.

I'd pronounce it with a hard ch like the Scottish word loch and with the end vowel to rhyme with melon/ lemon etc. Loch-lun.

I wouldn't pronounce the ch like ck and wouldn't expect others to BUT I'm in Wales where the hard ch sound is common and most people have no problems with it. I see in England some people might say Lock-lun which I'm not so keen on.

[Salmotrutta]

It's lach -lan with the "ch" pronounced in the Scottish way.

Certainly not like "ck". That's in no way correct.
And I'd say the "La" is pronounced like La-La-La but I suspect it's very regional.

[Salmotrutta]

I've yet to meet someone pronounce the "Lach" bit as "Loch" (I.e. O instead of A) but again maybe that's regional.

Although I doubt it

[LongChalk]

It's Scottish and in Scotland they would pronounce it Lach-lan. Certainly not Loch-lan. Lochlan sounds American to me.

[MyNewBearTotoro]

Sorry, I misread for the name Lochlan rather than Lachlan. I guess I would pronounce Lachlan with a 'la' sound (and the hard ch) although I have never met a Lachlan, only a Lochlan.

[MyNewBearTotoro]

(Lochlan is Irish)

[Salmotrutta]

Thank god for someone agreeing with me LongChalk - I heartily concur.

I'm not a fan of people using names they don't know how to pronounce - it just sounds daft.

(Scottish by the way)

[Eigg]

Lach-lan.

'Ch' as in loch as per pp.

Nn "Lachy"

[LongChalk]

I'm not Scottish but DH is. He would def say, Lachlan with nn Lachy or Lachie. It reminds me of Hamish McBeth (shows my age)

[LongChalk]

Lots of Scottish names are popular in Australia. You're never more than 6ft away from a Lachlan, a Bruce, a Duncan, a Donald or a Fraser.

[squoosh]

In Ireland it's pronounced loch-lan which I think sounds SO much nicer than the flat Scottish pronunciation of lach-lan.

[LongChalk]

But they're different names, Squoosh. To me, that's like saying Francesca is so much nicer than Frances or Georgina is so much nicer than Georgia. They're different names rather than different pronunciations of the same name. Different meaning and everything.

[squoosh]

Hmmm. But McLachlan gets pronounced Mc-lach-lan and also Mc-loch-lan.

[MumOnACornishFarm]

Lovely, love it! Only Lachlan I ever knew was Australian. I would pronounce it Loch- (like the Scottish loch, a softer sound than lock) -lan.

[MumOnACornishFarm]

Sorry I have also made the Lachlan/Lochlan mistake! My last post should gave referred to Lochlan.

[LongChalk]

Only Mclaughlins I ever knew spelt it thus but then they were of Irish descent.

[Noodle1234]

Every baby name site I've seen suggests pronouncing it Loch-lun, why is that if Scottish people pronounce it Lach-lun? Is everyone else just getting it wrong?