Lachlan

LACK-lin or LOCK-lin

Scottish

"from the fjord-land"

Lachlan Origin and Meaning

The name Lachlan is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "from the fjord-land".

Lachlan is as Scottish as haggis and tartan plaid kilts—a favorite used throughout England, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand—and just beginning to be noticed in the US: it reached the Top 1000 for the first time in 2013. An ancient name, Lachlan was originally used to describe the Viking invaders of Scotland, those from the land of the lochs.

Americans and Australians tend to pronounce the first syllable of the name like Lock, but the genuine Scottish pronunciation sounds more like Lack.

In Ireland, the name was Anglicized as Laughlin; in Scotland the pet forms are Lach, Lachie, or Lockie.

Lachlan has been a top name in Australia for at least a decade. It has been in the headlines recently via the eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Somewhat surprisingly, Lachlan has US presidential cred, as the son of tenth president John Tyler, whose other children included Lyon, Letitia, Tazewell, and Pearl.

Lachlan Rank in US Top 1000

# 771 in the US

Lachlan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 92 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lachlan

• 771 US 2023
• 92 Nameberry 2025
• 463 Future 2028
• 393 England 2023
• 88 Scotland 2024
• 36 Australia 2024
• 19 New Zealand 2024

20 Names Similar to Lachlan

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• Ronan
• Ellis
• Finnegan
• Lochlan
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• Callahan
• Arden
• Dashiell
• Everett
• Emerson
• Auden
• Kieran
• Eamon
• Cillian
• Declan
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Famous People Named Lachlan

• Lachlan Macquarie Australian politician; Governor of New South Wales
• Lachlan Keith Murdoch Australian businessman; son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch
• Lachlan Buchanan Australian actor
• Lachlan Keeffe Australian rules footballer
• Lachlan Hansen Australian rules footballer
• Lachlan Plowman Australian rules footballer
• Lachlan Nieboer English actor
• Lachlan David "Lachie" Turner Australian rugby union player
• Lachlan West member of Australian band The Griswolds
• Lachlan Ross Power aka LachlanPlayz Australian YouTuber
• Lachlan Tyler son of 10th U.S. President John Tyler
• Lachlan Stephens (b. 2012) son of tennis player Cara Black and Brett Stephens
• Lachlan Caskey member of Australian band Last Dinosaurs
• Lachlan Watson nonbinary actor in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

The name Lachlan in Pop Culture

• Lachlan Luthor character on TV's "Smallville"
• Lachlan "Lachie" Fraser character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
• Lachlan Moore character on TV's "Jane the Virgin"
• Lachlan Drake character in "American Horror Story: Hotel"