Lachlan for a baby boy?

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Not entirely sure on spelling but I want it pronounce lock-lan (for those who watched Emmerdale the same as the character that used to be in it. Middle name either Edward or David. What do you think?

Its on our list, do you have Scottish links? Not that you have to!

I like it and wanted to consider it as a name but unfortunately, my partner didn't like it. I haven't heard it pronounced like that but apparently that's the pronunciation outside of Scotland at least according to a baby-naming site I went on.

Yes Mimi Lochlan is Australian pronounciation.

Lachlan is the traditional Scottish gaelic pronounciation. The ch is as in Scottish 'loch'; it's not a hard 'k'; the final 'an' is 'unn'. The first syllable is stressed.
You can hear it here: forvo.com/search/Lachlan/gd/

It's a no from me I'm afraid. It looks and sounds like someone bringing up phlegm.

Lovely name, and I'd spell it Lachlan. I know a couple of little Lachlans with that pronunciation and spelling (Glaswegian here!)

I think it should be pronounced Lock-lun (not Lock-lan).
Unless of course you’re Scottish and can pronounce the “ch” in which case it would be Loch-lun.

...although when I say it's the pronunciation you have said, I meant pronounce Loch (as in Loch Ness) , rather than Lach...the ch isnt said like ck, but you'll find that most non Scottish people will say it ck, as the ch isnt in their natural speech.
I've found that most young Lachlans, are now pronounced like Loch rather than Lach. I think perhaps to avoid the nickname Lachie and have it pronounced Lochie instead

I like it

@Chunkymenrock

It's a no from me I'm afraid. It looks and sounds like someone bringing up phlegm.

Have to agree with this. Not great!

Lachlan is hugely popular in Australia. So many little Lachys running around. I quite like it but DH vetoed it as we aren’t Scottish.

Lach should rhyme with Bach.
I don't buy the thing that other nations can't pronounce ch.

Jemima No. Please kindly listen to the link I posted earlier in this thread:
forvo.com/search/Lachlan/gd/

It looks and sounds like someone bringing up phlegm

Are you always this unpleasant about names from other cultures or is it Scots in particular that you don't like?

I am Scot, with close relatives who are native Gaelic speakers (and a friend whose oldest is called Lachlan), and this has really pissed me off.

@florascotia2 you can pronounce it both ways. All the young Lachlans I know under 30 are pronounced Loch. 2 toddlers and then some at school, and work. All in Glasgow

mintich I believe you, but I think those pronounciations may perhaps have been influenced by Australia and by TV. And then they've influenced the next generation of baby-naming friends or family or colleagues etc.

In Glasgow, there are also people with the Irish-origin surname McLoughlin, which I think may also have had an effect on pronounciation. And we also need an Irish Mumsnetter to tell us how Lachlan is pronounced in Ireland; historic links between Glasgow and Ireland have been close.

I did say in my original post that it was the 'traditional Scottish Gaelic' pronounciation. All the people I've met with the name in Scottish Gaelic-speaking areas still use the traditional form. But maybe they are a dying-out minority?

I think it's ok, i don't love it but i don't hate it. The Scottish influence in my would say it with an "a" sound not an "o" though.

@florascotia2 I think it is, as the only Lachlans with the Lach pronunciation that I know are over 50.
Perhaps it is the influence of Ireland or Australia. I know with one of my friends, she didnt like the shortened version sounding like Lacky so that could be why also for other people.
Her parents pronounce her son's name with the Lach pronunciation but she uses Loch, which she doesnt mind.
I like the Loch pronunciation but I do like the ch to be pronounced like that rather than ck.

I'm Scottish, to me it's the 'a' pronunciation and a 'ch' not 'ck'

My thoroughly English husband is insistent that it's Locklan.

We've had to agree to never bring it up as it makes us both so angry that the other doesn't agree.

But obviously I'm right

I know an Irish Lochlann. I think that might be the usual spelling there.

@florascotia2 thanks for the telling off, but the point of these threads is to make OP aware of all the pronunciations she is likely to encounter.. so she can make a decision accordingly.

@caraduneredux The OP asked us what we think. I commented what I think. Why has my opinion on one name caused you to think I instantly dismiss ALL Scottish names? How ridiculous. It's an internet thread about a name asking for opinions...

Jemima I wasn't telling anybody off.
I was simply passing on information.
It's a name from Gaelic speaking Scotland. I said how it was pronounced there.

Jemima I had no wish to offend. Apologies if I did. But my comment reflected my own - and several other posters' - experience.

I agree with you that in recent years other pronounciations have appeared, from Australia and TV. And I think - though I'm prepared to be told otherwise - that the Irish pronounciation has always been different from the Scottish.

OP I think your spelling and pronunciation will be fine and it's a fab name!

@florascotia2 no hard feelings