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?

I am Scottish - it is Lach-lan.

I would pronounce Laughlan as Loch-lan.

Never mind, I spoke too soon

Never heard of the name Lochlan before but I like it.

Definitely Lach-lan (because it has an a)

Lochlan is a different name

Damn, Google is not much help with this either because I keep getting different answers there too.

Let's turn this around; if we like the pronunciation of Loch-lan then how would we spell that? Would it simply be Lochlan?

I don't like the pronunciation Lach-lan so I guess Lachlan would be out of the question.

Lack Lan

Like this learngaelic.net/dictionary/index.jsp?abairt=lachlan&slang=both&wholeword=false

If you spell it Lachlan then that's definitely what people would call him when seeing it written down, so avoid that spelling if you don't like that pronunciation.

Either Lochlan or Laughlan would be better

Lochlan is pronounced... well, Lochlan ! If that's the pronunciation you want, then use that version.

If you want Lochlan, use Lochlan/Lochlann/Lochlain/ Laughlan

Lach-lan with the Scottish ch.

It's a really popular name in Australia, where it's pronounced lock-lan.

I've seen it spelled Lochlann as well.

Lach-lan in Scotland, with Scottish 'ch' , as as previous posters have said. I've met several, and they all say it that way. Sometimes shortened to 'Lachie'.

As other posters have also said, Irish pronunciation is different; so is the spelling. I presume that Australian pronunciation derives from the Irish version - though the hard 'ch' = 'ck' in the middle is not Irish (or Scottish).

It's a lovely name spoken the scottish way Lach lan
When pronounced Lock lan my blood runs cold. The name gets lost in translation

Lach-lan, Lachy for short. Definitely no 'k' sound, and definitely an 'a' in the first syllable, as others have said, it's Scottish, so an 'ah' sound in both cases, not an 'eh' or 'ih' sound. I should imagine with an Aussie accent it could be pronounced like 'Loch-linh'.

The Irish pronunciation makes it sound more 'o' than 'a', so even if it's spelt Lachlan it sounds more Lochlan with an Irish accent. I have one (both a Lachlan & an Irish accent). It would be strange (to me) to call him Laaaachlan (with the throaty 'ch' sound as we have a harder 'ck' - when saying 'Lough' for example, it sounds like 'Lock'). I prefer the Irish sound but that's just sheer bias!!

I always thought it was pronounced Loch-lan. But I've only known one in RL, he was called Lochy for short.

I have a Lachlan, we all say use the ch sound from Loch, and it's all quite soft.

Everyone except the man himself, so calls himself Lachlan with 3 hard sounds.

Nicknames end up Lackers, Lacky, and LaLa.

People always think it's going to have a complicated spelling.

Lock-lan.

As a PP said, very popular in Aus and inevitably shortened to Locky. I have an irrational hatred of this name.

I love the name! I am in the LAHchlan category for pronunciation though not LOCHlan

Lock - lun

If you are in England, then it will mainly be pronounced Lack-lan, as I live there and know a little Lachlan. His mum has an accent that doesn't have the ch sound either (she's not British) and her pet name for him is something like "lackey" (not that but with the K sound).

I would pronounce it Lach-lan. Locklan sound is either Lochlan or Lauchlan.

Lach-lan if you're Scottish, Loch-lan if you're Australian.

Loch-lan