Lachlan or Sullivan

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Nn Lockie or Sully

They both sound tryhard imo

Like Lockie better than sully

Welp okay thank you!

Both awful. How about Mulder or Scully?

They both sound Australian to me.

Neither are for me but Lachlan is better than Sullivan.

Lachlan is nice.

I quite like Lachlan but I think it needs to have a soft 'ch' sound and don't like the shortening to 'Lockie' which has a hard k.

Lachlan - providing you pronounce it properly!

My first thought when I hear Sully….

I was about to ask if you are Australian too! The only time I have heard Lachlan/Lockie is on Australian TV series so I guess it is popular there. I have heard neither name in UK.

I thought they both sounded Australian too

I like Lachlan, but not Lockie.

Sullivan is ok, quite like Sully (although it does make me think of Monsters Inc). It does sound a bit like sullen though.

What about Solomon nn Solly? Or Sonny?

Lachlan
I think it sounds more Scottish than Aussie.
"Try hard" is such a ridiculous concept when it comes to names and I say that as someone with very classically/boringly named children.

Are you Scottish or Irish?

It is Scottish. There was a lot of Scottish migration to Australia, especially in the 19th century, so you do see lots of Scottish names there. There are quite a few names that, before living in Scotland, I'd only ever seen on Australian soaps and in DC Thomson comics like Bunty, which was published in Dundee, e.g. Ailsa, Morag. Where I live now they are normal names.

Lochlan is Scottish. Shortened to lochy.
As in the Scottish pronunciation of loch wirh a y.
NOT lock (as in door lock) wirh a y.

Lachlan isn’t Scottish.

same here.

Lachlan isn’t Scottish.

It is - both spellings are possible though the popularity of Lachlan with an a in Australia is probably because of Lachlan Macquarie, a major Scottish colonist.

The Irish language form is Lochlann, though Lochlan, Lochlainn and Lachlann are used here too. None of the names are very commonly used though.

Agree with @TalulahJP that Lochlann isn’t pronounced the same as Lachlan.

https://forvo.com/word/lochlann/

Sullivan is a surname only to me.

Sullivan is a very common surname in Ireland

Aussie mates tell me Lachlan is a very chavvy name over there. Equivalent of, I dunno - Tyler or something.

Lachlan is nice but not shortened to Lockie as it's a ch sound, not ck.

Never heard of Sullivan as a first name. Not keen on any diminutives tbh

Lachlan Murdoch is Rupert Murdoch's son.

I prefer Lachlan to Sullivan op.

I like Lachlan nn Lockie (I know one and it suits him - they pronounce it with a hard “ck” sound).