Lochlainn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOCK-lin
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
Big in Northern Ireland
Lochlainn is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “from the land of the lochs”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies).
What does Lochlainn mean?
Irish: Irish form of Lachlan
“from the land of the lochs”
From Lochlann, the Gaelic name for Norway or Scandinavia; it lies behind the Irish surname O'Loughlin.
Is Lochlainn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lochlainn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lochlainn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Lochlainn, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
2025 had the most boys named Lochlainn of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Lochlainn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 43 boys in the UK were given Lochlainn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #748, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
- Lochlainn 23
- Lachlann 20
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales and 149th in Northern Ireland.
Lochlainn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Names like Lochlainn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Conan Brody Rowan Ronan Callan Caelan Kayden Kody Brayden Conn Rogan
Other spellings of Lochlainn
Names related to Lochlainn
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian
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, “Lochlainn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lochlainn, updated 20 October 2026.