Lachlan for a baby boy?

[gowiththeflow87]

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?

It's a lovely name!

I like it. Very Scottish tho!

Just looked up the Emmerdale character! He had the Lachlan spelling

Thanks, Jemima

@CaraDuneRedux

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.

I agreed with the comment you are referring to. My Dad is Scottish so no dislike of the Scots. I don’t dislike names from other cultures at all (DD2 has an Irish name as DH’s family are all Irish). I dislike names I don’t like the sound of. That goes for English names as well.

[quote florascotia2]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/[/quote]
Wow! I never knew that! Does it have a fada over the a? It's a different word to "lochlainn" I think, but I don't know.
Funny: i was staring at the name Mayglothling trying to figure it out who it was and then the bloke I thought was called McLaughlin came round to fix the boiler.

I liked it, I would have pronounced it Lock-lun
And we liked Locky for a nickname but it's DH's best friends surname so felt too weird.
Lorcan is another one.

Sean No fada. It's a short 'a' sound, as in apple.

I love it. Also know a "Lauchlan" and a "Laughlin"!

I like it! - but if you want it pronounced Lochlan I'd spell it like that personally - I think it's pretty authentically Irish as PP says, and it will save your son a whole lot of bother.

I like it pronounced either way, but if you want Lochlan I'd spell it like that - I think it's authentically Irish as PP said, and it will save you and your son a whole lotta bother.

Just to add to the confusion, as Firebird83 mentioned the Irish version is Lochlann, but it's not as commonly used here as it is in Scotland or Australia. In Irish it's correctly pronounced as it is in the phrase I've linked here, but you'll find other spelling/pronunciation combinations too.

www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/Cr%c3%adoch_Lochlann

I'm sorry, OP, I don't know if this is the same pronunciation used by the character in Emmerdale or not. It doesn't seem the same as the other pronunciations mentioned upthread (I think). However, it seems this spelling and pronunciation may possibly be found in areas of Scotland too?

forvo.com/word/lochlann/

I like it and like Lachlan spelling.

I like it - it would be Loughlin here in Éire!

"I want it pronounce lock-lan"
And how will you feel about people who see it written first, pronouncing it as Lachlan? Because it will happen.

I like your spelling and pronounciation but I’m not Irish or Scottish do
I can’t say. I think it’s a great name! Especially Lachlan Edward!

@florascotia2

Sean No fada. It's a short 'a' sound, as in apple.

Mmmhh.. i wonder how you say "apple". I guess in some places short a is like o in others.

Lachlan seems like a very old, prewriting name like Declan. I always thought it meant Norseman. If it was Laithlan like it does seem it might be (the Ch can get mixed up with th) that could mean strongman, champion, or cheerful, bright person, or summer fields, or hunter.... There are a lot of possible meanings. Sometimes a name is just a name and it might have actually come in from Norse and the Gaels tried to put their own meaning on it.

I like it, makes me think of the purple wiggle though

I like it OP.

Afaik Lochlann refers to Scandinavia SeanCailleach and originally meant 'land of lakes'. Lochlannach means Viking in Irish. I'm not sure about Lachlan, I've always just considered it a variation I suppose.

@LizzieAnt yes I think it is just an accent, like Patrick we say Padraic in Irish it sounds like Pod.

Well, I pronounce the first syllable of Padraig/Padraic like paw SeanChailleach, but I know what you mean.

It reminds me of the wiggles! Not that that's a bad thing

It makes me think of the Wiggles!

I love it but I would pronounce it 'La-cccchhh-lunn' not 'Lo-cchhh-lunn'