Given name & surname
Lachlan
“from the land of the lochs”·“from the land of lakes”
Lachlan is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the land of the lochs” and “from the land of lakes”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the land of the lochs” and “from the land of lakes”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lachlan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,398
- 6,108 boys · 290 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 477 babies
- 2025
- 477
- #606 for boys · #10,536 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 468 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 606 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (41). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,177 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lachlan’s family of names
Lachlan has an affectionate form in Lockie. Lachlan has a feminine form in Lachina. Lachlan has a related form in Locke.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 36
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lochlanvariant · English
- Lockevariant
- Lochlannvariant
- Lochlynvariant
- Lakelandvariant
- Locklynvariant
- Locklanvariant
- Locklinvariant
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- Lochvariant
- Lachlynvariant
- Lochlainvariant
- Lockiediminutive · English
- Lachevariant
- Lochlinvariant
- Lochlenvariant
- Locklenvariant
- Lachynavariant
- Lachinavariant
- Lachannvariant · Scottish Gaelic
- McLachlanvariant · English
- Maclachlanvariant · English
- Lachiediminutive · English
- Lachydiminutive · English
- Lachvariant
- Lochevariant
- Laochailanvariant
- Lakleynvariant
- Laklenvariant
- Laklinvariant
- Laklanvariant
- Loklanvariant
- Lachlinvariant
- Lachlenvariant
- Lacklanvariant
- Lochlanavariant
- Lachlanavariant
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lachlan
- Lachlan MacquarieScottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator (1762-1824)
- Lachlan MurdochBritish-American-Australian businessman (born 1971)
- Lachlan MortonAustralian road cyclistborn 1992
- Lachlan BaylissAustralian association footballerborn 2002
- Lachlan WatsonAmerican actor (b. 2001)
- Lachlan KennedyAustralian athlete (born 2003)
- Lachlan BuchananAustralian actorborn 1987
- Lockie FergusonNew Zealand cricketerborn 1991
- Lachlan WalesAustralian association football playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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