Lochan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOH-chan
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Lochan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “eye”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Lochan mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit lochana 'eye'; in Scotland a lochan is a small loch
“eye”
Is Lochan a girl's or a boy's name?
Lochan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lochan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Lochan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd.
2025 had the most boys named Lochan of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Lochan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Names like Lochan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Callan, Rowan, Conan, Orhan, Brody, Finn, Caelan, Conlan, Nolan, Rogan, Kenan
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Lochan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lochan, updated 20 October 2026.