Lachlan?

[Noodle1234]

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

Noodle lots of baby name sites are rubbish at Scottish pronunciations.

Pronounced Lock-Lun. Or locky

To me it sounds very Australian as it's top ten here

Noodle, are you saying the Scots don't know how to pronounce a Scottish name?
Im not even Scottish and that annoys me. Baby name books are generally shit, full of names I've never heard of.

My friend (Scottish) has a Lachlan. It is pronounced Lack-lan or Lacky (poor chap). Suits him!

Just realised its your thread, Noodle.

If you want to call him Lochlan, do so. He's your son after all. But if you want to call him by the Scottish name, Lachlan, then it's important to know that the correct pronunciation is with a soft 'a'.

Lack-lan

Longchalk, no, that's the opposite of what I'm saying lol. I'm wondering why the rest of the world has gotten the pronunciation wrong.

I have one

We pronounce it "Loch Lun" but the Lun is more like the hon in honey not bun, if that makes sense!

Fab name!

There's no "correct" pronunciation, just pronounce it as you would in your accent.

I am not so keen on it.

Oh, I see. I don't know. Maybe the 'o' sound is easier for non Scots. I'm English and I find it tricky to say. DH would probably find it easy. Maybe it's because the vowel should be followed by that lovely soft ch sound as in loch and when that doesn't come off the tongue easily then neither does Lachlan. As an Englishwoman, Lochlan is certainly easier to say. Which is why I wouldn't use it despite having a Scottish DH, as I can't say it easily.

Ooh I have a nine year old Lochlann. Pronounced Loch-lon more so than Loch-lun... we're in Ireland.

Colin, you have an Irish child whose name is spelt and pronounced the Irish way. I have seen Irish children with both your spelling and spelt, Lauchlann, both pronouncing it 'Lochlun'.

Whether you are Irish or Scottish the "ch" is not pronounced as "ck".

So all those Locks and Lacks are wrong.

I know a very cute Lachlan pronounced lock-lun. Nn Lockie which is very cute on him.

It's hard to describe how to pronounce the "ch" - sort of a throaty hhhggg

So anyway....Lach with the ch as in loch and then lan.

Thoughtfulduck - the Lachlan you know may well be very cute.

But pronouncing the "ch" as "ck" is wrong.

And his name is Lach-lun.

That's ^Laaach-lun".

(Ch pronounced as in "loch")

Onemagnum - no.

In Scotland the "Lach" is said with the "aah" pronunciation.

Loch lun would be my version of the name. I don't hear a huge difference between the Scottish and Irish version it is pretty subtle.

Salmotrutta. I'm Scottish, I know how to pronounce it. [Hmm] I sat next to one for many years. Anyway it was the ch sound I was describing not the a sound if you read the post.