Lachlan
Lachlan is a boy name of Scottish origin, meaning From the land of lakes.
What Lachlan means
From the land of lakes.
Lachlan sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Lachlan comes from
Scottish names draw on both Gaelic and Scots, and many began as clan or place names before becoming personal ones.
Lachlan is recorded as Scottish in origin. Browse other Scottish names.
How popular is Lachlan?
You will not find Lachlan in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Lachlan
Two ideas meet in Lachlan: water and the sea and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Lachlan
These share Lachlan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- Wells — From the springs.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Brooke — A small stream.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Eira — Snow.
- Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.
- Oaklynn — From the oak meadow pool.
- River — A flowing body of water.
- Rocio — Dew; Our Lady of the Dew.
More Scottish names
- Knox — From the round hill.
- Lennox — With many elm trees.
- Kenneth — Handsome; born of fire.
- Logan — From the little hollow.
- Jamie — Supplanter; one who follows.
- Maisy — Pearl; child of light.
- Iain — God is gracious.
- Malcolm — Devotee of Saint Columba.
- Graham — Gravelly homestead.
- Monroe — From the mouth of the river.