Comments on: Name of the Day: Lachlan

By: lozz

lozz — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:38:38 +0000

ooops sorry about the spelling trying to type in between feeds

By: lozz

lozz — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:37:50 +0000

We just named our son Lachlan – Chose it because Lachie is a cute nick name to have when hes youger and Lachlan is so masculine and formal for when he enters the workforce. im also a school teacher and have never come across a naughty Lachlan.

By: Ingrid Vivers

Ingrid Vivers — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:06:10 +0000

We have got a Lachlan and we called his little sister Morven..Another Gaelic name meaning Mountain Peak…and no other Morven’s around…

By: crg

crg — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:22:35 +0000

We used the name for the same reason, I’m all Norwegian and my husband is mostly Irish and a good chunk of his family in Ireland came there from Scotland. I met a guy from Ireland the other day whose father’s name was Lochlann and he was really happy to meet someone with the name, which he says you rarely hear in Ireland. He said that there were maybe a few in his father’s generation that he knew of. I really liked the “o” spelling over the “a”, so I was happy to hear his dad spelled it with an “o”! Being a stickler for original spellings and using the name Lochlan, taking into account all of its spellings was a bit daunting.

Anyway, we have two boys and had a horrible time trying to find girl names, so I guess we just lucked out. My first son was going to be called Kaia if he was a girl, but if we had a girl this last time she would have been Elsa. Our girl picks were always more Scandinavian. There is also a Scottish name that is similar to Elsa: AILSA f Scottish, From Ailsa Craig, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland, which is of uncertain derivation.

Have you considered Isolde (Welsh) instead of Isobel? Isabel and all its variations are so popular, I just wouldn’t do it. Other names you might consider are Mattea/Mathea/Matea, just plain Tea/Thea, Freya, Maura, Anja, Elin (El-een), Laila, Kirsten, Maren, Nora, Siri, Siv (Seev, or Seef), Signy. These are mostly Scandinavian, but I’m sure there are some Scottish names that would be good to consider as well. Good luck!

By: Jeanne Allardyce

Jeanne Allardyce — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:05:54 +0000

My background is Norwegian and my husband’s is Scottish. We thought Lachlan was a perfect name to honor that combination. And we kept the Scottish theme going with his twin brother Graham (my husband’s clan name). Now we’re ready to welcome baby #3, a girl, and I’m finding the process much harder. I’m loving Isobel, but it seems like she’ll just be one of hundreds of the Isabelle variety.

By: crg

crg — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:02:57 +0000

I know, isn’t that weird? I wanted to name my older son Lochlan and my husband hated it at the time- second time around he loved it, so I guess it was fated this way

By: crg

crg — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:01:57 +0000

We’ve met one other Lochlan that lives near us and his name is Lachlan James. The two names flow nicely together. Congratulations! We chose the ‘o’ spelling, too.

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By: Macca

Macca — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:26:23 +0000

My son was born 3 days ago. We had called him Lochlan James (with an O) and so many people have told me they have never heard it before. But unamously love the name. It goes really well with our surname – McCauley. Found this a very interesting read.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:23:44 +0000

crg, I can hear the Twilight Zone theme music playing in the background …

Great name!