At a Glance
- Meaning
- The old Gaelic word for Scandinavia, the Viking homelands
- Origin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- LOKH-lən
Lachlann is a Scottish Gaelic boy's name meaning “the old Gaelic word for Scandinavia, the Viking homelands”. It appears in our list of 150+ Scottish Baby Boy Names With Rugged Celtic Character.
Meaning & Origin of Lachlann
Meaning: The old Gaelic word for Scandinavia, the Viking homelands.
Origin: Scottish Gaelic.
A common claim: Widely said to mean 'land of the lochs' or 'from the fjordland.' Actually: This is a folk explanation rather than the real history - the name actually descends from an older, disputed Old Irish word associated with Scandinavia, which later got reshaped to sound like it was about lochs.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Lachlann
LOKH-lənIPA /ˈlɒxlən/
Popularity of Lachlann
Lachlann doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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