How do you pronounce Lachlan?

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DP and I are in a bit of a disagreement at the moment about how you pronounce this name.

Could the kind Mumsnetters settle this disagreement once and for all?

We would pronounce this lock-lan.

Like Tinkhasflown said.

Love your user name OP!

Loch-lan.

I have one. His name is spelt Lachlan but with our Irish accent it is pronounced Lock-lan. I know Scottish pronunciations are more Lack-lan though. Either is fine. Depends on accent.

Lach-lan

Lach-lan (the ch at back of throat like loch)

Scottish

I'm Scottish so pronounce the 'ch' sound, so Lach-lan.
It's a bit 'try hard' as a name tbough.

Lock Lan.
How is it 'try hard' as a name TheScottishPlay?! Definitely not - it's not Sir Tiger Blu...
Lachlan is a lovely name.

My opinion, Glow. For quite the opposite reasons of having a Sir Tiger Blu.
It's a public forum.
My DS' name (a good solid Scottish name imo) takes a tashing on here sometimes too.

Lock. Lin

Not Scottish by the way.

Loch Lin

Massively popular here in oz and they all get called Locky

Lock-Ln

The "ch" should be pronounced the same way Scots would pronounce it.
So absolutely not like "ck".

(Scottish person here)

I've heard the first syllable pronounced with either an "O" or Ah" sound but the end "ch" should definitely be spoken in the velar fricative (ooh get me).

Disclaimer - I only know it's called velar fricative because I regularly get annoyed at native Scots who don't bother pronouncing it properly!

I pronounce it Loch-lan. DP pronounces Lach-lan.

Judging by this thread, I think I've won this one

How it's written... Lochlan is a different word completely and it's not a hard k sound.

Lach-lan
I'm Scottish. I think Loch-lan would also be ok, but never Lock-lan.

As it's spelt; Lach-lan.

Lochlan is a different name I thought. I'm Irish and used to live in Scotland, so have heard of people with both names.

If you can't pronounce it correctly you wouldn't use it as a name, surely.
The first syllable is Loch as in body of water with the throaty 'ch' sound. It's never a 'ck' sound as in lock for a door. That sounds utterly ridiculous.

*It's Lach even. You've all got me at it now too.