Lachlan Forename

58,292nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 10,777 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Nauru

Lachlan Forename Definition:

A male name. a Scottish name much used by the McIntosh’s and McLeans. It: may be derived from Gaelic laochail ‘warlike'.

Lachlan Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia-8,0491:1,697331
Scotland
100%
6671:8,022621
New Zealand-5441:8,338949
United States
98%
 
4031:899,59519,519
England
100%
3411:163,0585,191
Canada
100%
2461:134,6896,062
Northern Ireland
100%
1171:15,753902
Thailand
100%
901:778,50931,524
Malaysia
100%
631:483,33221,349
Japan-341:3,764,29625,024
South Africa
100%
271:2,019,72859,997
Netherlands
100%
131:1,300,16020,012
Singapore-121:523,92111,491
United Arab Emirates-121:595,99919,549
Ireland
100%
121:386,9605,608
Sweden
100%
111:896,17318,593
Nauru
100%
101:1,193190
Hong Kong-91:861,4145,456
China-81:170,756,97372,230
Wales
100%
71:442,0445,971
Zimbabwe
50%
 
71:2,203,40259,073
Norway-61:855,38812,625
South Korea-61:924,07017,138
France-51:13,294,06836,843
Germany-51:19,335,57551,270
Switzerland-41:2,053,37418,217
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
Philippines
100%
31:35,336,492343,681
Papua New Guinea
100%
31:2,717,438132,395
Vietnam-31:30,874,3715,995
India
100%
31:404,959,3243,244,417
Mexico-21:62,072,21496,650
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Cyprus-21:435,5383,859
Nigeria-21:88,782,180420,186
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Cambodia-21:8,136,66551,498
Russia-21:72,116,852125,484
Czechia-21:5,328,0818,108
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Austria-21:4,257,10013,469
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Falkland Islands-11:3,142392
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Norfolk Island-11:2,324291
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241

Lachlan (500) may also be a surname.

Lachlan Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. a Scottish name much used by the McIntosh’s and McLeans. It: may be derived from Gaelic laochail ‘warlike'.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

M. This very Scottish name, deriving from the Celtic, means ‘warlike’ (laochail), though some, less convincingly, have suggested Erse lachtna, ‘green. ‘

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

The English form of Lachlann.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Celtic name, meaning: By the sea inlet.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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