Lachlan

Where Lachlan comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Lachlann, Lochlann (“land of the lochs, loch or fjord land, i.e. Scandinavia”), said to refer to an immigrant from Norway, a Norseman.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lachlan
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1762
    Lachlan Macquarie born
    Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator
  2. 1952
    First appearance
    #3,734 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1971
    Lachlan Murdoch born
    British-American-Australian businessman
  4. 2025
    Peak, #606
    468 babies named Lachlan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic mainly used in Scotland, recently also popular in Australia.
Namesakes
  • Lachlan Macquarie · Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator, 1762–1824
  • Lachlan Murdoch · British-American-Australian businessman, born 1971
  • Lachlan Morton · Australian road cyclist, born 1992
  • Lachlan Bayliss · Australian association footballer, born 2002
  • Lachlan Watson · American actor, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.