Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Laughlin
“from the land of the fjord; a servant”
Laughlin is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “from the land of the fjord; a servant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “from the land of the fjord; a servant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
In Irish use, Laughlin is used as a form of Gaelic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laughlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 17 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,613 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,613 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a first name in 2020; 15,207 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Laughlin’s family of names
Laughlin has a related form in Laughlyn. Laughlin is an English adaptation of Lochlainn. Laughlin has a related form in Loughlin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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