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Opinions on the name Loch?

34 replies

KeyboardMouse · 23/09/2016 20:31

What are your thoughts?

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MaudGonneMad · 23/09/2016 20:32

As in Lake? Not a fan.

witchywoohoo · 23/09/2016 20:32

Love Lochlan.

SweetChickadee · 23/09/2016 20:33

He (?) will be called Ness. Bad idea Sad

Mybeardeddragonjustdied2016 · 23/09/2016 20:33

Creepy lad in Emmerdale!!

KeyboardMouse · 23/09/2016 20:34

Yes, as in lake Smile we are not Scottish though

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HeteronormativeHaybales · 23/09/2016 20:34

It's German for hole.

MulberryBush12 · 23/09/2016 20:34

Daft
Exactly as SweetChick saysConfused

crayfish · 23/09/2016 20:35

Not a name

TallulahTheTiger · 23/09/2016 20:35

Nooo! Lochlan ok, not just Loch!

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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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.

SwearyInn · 23/09/2016 20:37

Is that the diminutive of Lochia?

MrsDc7 · 23/09/2016 20:38

Josh is lovely xx

MulberryBush12 · 23/09/2016 20:39

Josh is a much better choice

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.

ayeokthen · 23/09/2016 20:43

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

expatinscotland · 23/09/2016 20:56

Just don't.

purplefox · 23/09/2016 23:39

Lochlan/Lachlan yes
Loch no

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.

timelytess · 23/09/2016 23:48

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

FrancisCrawford · 24/09/2016 07:33

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PotatoBread · 24/09/2016 08:11

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

celtiethree · 24/09/2016 09:56

Lochlann yes Loch no

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.

Only1scoop · 24/09/2016 10:03

Awfu

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