Lachlan- thoughts?

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Both me and DH quite like the name Lachlan, and it goes nicely with our tricky surname. Do you think it's a strange move if we aren't Scottish or Irish? My grandfather was Irish but that's as much as we have got!

I think it's lovely. I don't think you'd need to have either Scottish or Irish heritage to use it if you love it.

Love it. Prefer it spelt Lochlan personally but lovely either way.

I really like it, it was on our short list and we have no associated heritage either

I think I prefer the Lochlan spelling too, actually. Our pronounciation would be Lock-lan

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I like it. Like Lachlan better.

Declan is also a good name.

If you are pronouncing it lock- lan then you need to spell it Lochlan (although it's actually pronounced more like lough- lan)

Lachlan is pronounced with A sound and is usually shortened to 'Lacky' where as Lochlan's tend to be known as locky

Where I live, both Lochlan and Lachlan are pronounced "Lock-lan", I've never heard it pronounced "Lack-lan" before (I'm in Ireland though, perhaps in the UK it gets pronounced phonetically).

The version I've mostly come across in Ireland is Lochlann, pronounced Lucklan (with the Luck part to rhyme with duck). Means Viking. Lachlan is pronounced Locklan here I think. Well, nearly....the ch in gaelic isn't exactly pronounced like k. You can check out forvo for pronunciations too. Gorgeous name and I don't think you need to be Irish or Scottish to use it at all.

I'm in Scotland and know a few lachlans it's definitely pronounced with the first 'a' but it's quite soft. As I said it's shortened to lachy (pronounced lacky but it's softer that's it reads when said in a Scottish accent)

We know a little boy in Oz with this name. They shorten it to Lochie and I love it!

Nice name.

Love it! I know a Lachlan (he's pronounced Locklan too) & he gets called Lochie or Lox.

a character on Neighbours was called Lochlan.

I prefer Lorcan. I'm Irish not Scottish though. I don't like Lochlan / Lachlan. It doesn't roll off the tongue.

Lox is a terrible nn

I have a lauchlan lots of people comment on his name and like it xx

I'm Scottish and would definitely assume "Lachlan" was pronounced with an "a" sound to begin rather than as "lock-lan".

That said the "ch" sound is as in "loch" rather than being a harsh "ck" sound.

I like it. Have a friend with a 9 year old Lachlan, lovely name.

Good name and stick with Lachlan spelling. It's quite a popular name and none of the Lachlans I know are Scottish or Irish. I've only ever heard it pronounced Lok-luhn no matter what spelling.

@Urkiddingright wonder if you're my friend, my lauchlan is 9!

My lauchlan is constantly called Lachlan if you want it pronounced lauchlan I would definitely think about spelling. We are in Scotland

Love it. Also love Declan. Wanted one of my boys to be a Declan but was vetoed by DH.

That spelling is really common in Australia and a top listed name! I like it but wouldn’t use it myself!

Not if you can’t pronounce the soft ‘ch’ like ‘loch’, not ‘lock’. Lorcan or Declan might be safer.

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If you are pronouncing it lock- lan then you need to spell it Lochlan (although it's actually pronounced more like lough- lan)

But is that “lough” as in cough, tough, though or through?