Lauchlan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOK-lan
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Lauchlan is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “from the land of lochs”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Lauchlan mean?
Scottish: spelling of Lachlan
“from the land of lochs”
A spelling of Lachlan, from Lochlann, the Gaelic name for Norway and the Norse lands.
Is Lauchlan a girl's or a boy's name?
Lauchlan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lauchlan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Lauchlan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lauchlan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 532 boys in the UK were given Lauchlan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #123, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 400th in Scotland.
Lauchlan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
Nicknames for Lauchlan
- Lachie
- Lockie 59 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lauchlan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Logan, Brody, Finley, Finn, Kayden, Caelan, Rowan, Conan, Cody, Oscar, Keegan, Kian
Other spellings of Lauchlan
Names related to Lauchlan
More Scottish names
Isla, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Reid, Mackenzie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lauchlan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lauchlan, updated 20 October 2026.