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Opinions on the name Loch?

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KeyboardMouse · 23/09/2016 20:31

What are your thoughts?

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FrancisCrawford · 27/09/2016 21:15

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gingerboy1912 · 27/09/2016 18:58

Lachlan yes but not loch

TondelayaDellaVentamiglia · 27/09/2016 18:49

did you really mean Josh-U-Ahhhh?

Loch is surely not a real name?

badg3r · 27/09/2016 18:47

Josh is a million times better. But maybe you'd like Loki too?

GinIsIn · 27/09/2016 18:45

Erm... Is it not a bit like calling your baby Canal?!

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Pipilangstrumpf · 27/09/2016 14:44

How will English speakers pronounce Loch (hole)? It will probably sound like lock..!

Pemba · 25/09/2016 18:58

Sorry, but that's not a name, it's a landscape feature! Will be hard for people to pronounce too.

Only1scoop · 24/09/2016 10:03

L

Only1scoop · 24/09/2016 10:03

Awfu

Icapturethecast1e · 24/09/2016 10:00

if your not too sure about it & would prefer josh could u not just use loch as a nickname.

celtiethree · 24/09/2016 09:56

Lochlann yes Loch no

PotatoBread · 24/09/2016 08:11

I'd assume Loch was a nn for Lochlan. It doesn't sound like a proper name.

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timelytess · 23/09/2016 23:48

Loch as a name?
It's a bit wet.

inabizzlefam · 23/09/2016 23:46

Unless his surname is Lomond or Ness then it should be fine.
No weirder than some of the names you hear at school. One family I see there are all K....Kian, Kieran, Ki, Kara and Kody.
Loch is mediocre in comparrison.

purplefox · 23/09/2016 23:39

Lochlan/Lachlan yes
Loch no

expatinscotland · 23/09/2016 20:56

Just don't.

ayeokthen · 23/09/2016 20:43

Lochlan is Irish, Lachlan is Scottish. Loch is just a bit odd to be honest, sorry.

Glitterkitten24 · 23/09/2016 20:39

I was just going to say the same user

I'm Scottish, and anecdotally non scots tend to say 'Lock' rather than loch.

I'm not sure I'm a fan regardless of pronunciation though, sorry.

MulberryBush12 · 23/09/2016 20:39

Josh is a much better choice

MrsDc7 · 23/09/2016 20:38

Josh is lovely xx

SwearyInn · 23/09/2016 20:37

Is that the diminutive of Lochia?

user1471552005 · 23/09/2016 20:36

How would you pronounce it? In my experience it's a word many English people struggle to pronounce .The "CH " sound is not normally found in spoken English.

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KeyboardMouse · 23/09/2016 20:36

He'll be a Josh then, as that's the other name on our list!

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