Given name & surname
Maclachlan
“the son of Lachlan”
Maclachlan is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Lachlan.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of Lachlan.”
Maclachlan’s family of names
Maclachlan has a related form in Maclachlen. Maclachlan has a related form in Maclachlin. Maclachlan has a related form in McLachlan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lachlanvariant · English
- McLachlanvariant · English
- McLachlinvariant
- McLachlenvariant
- Maclachlinvariant
- Maclachlenvariant
- MacLaughlanvariant · English
- MLachlanvariant · English
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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Maclagan
Maclagan is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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Macnachtan
“the son of the chaste or pure one”
>99% boys
Macmillan
“the son of the bald one”
85% boys · 15% girls
Macclennan
“the son of Finnian's servant”
>99% boys
Macgowan
“the son of a blacksmith”
>99% boys
Macauslan
“the son of Absalon”
>99% boys
Macartan
“the son of Artan”
>99% boys
Macegan
“the son of Egan”
>99% boys