Given name & surname
Maclaren
“the son of Laren”
Maclaren is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the son of Laren.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the son of Laren.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maclaren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 23 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 as a first name in 2020; 1,376 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.
Maclaren’s family of names
Maclaren has a related form in McLaren.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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