Lochlen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Lochlen by the numbers
Lochlen was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Lochlen
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lochlen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lochlanfrom the land of the lochs179 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lochlynfrom the lochs; a modern spelling of Lochlan or Lachlan27 in the US (2017)
- Lachlanfrom the land of the lochs159 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lochlannfrom the land of lakes26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Locklanland of locks; a form of lachlan13 in the US (2017)
- Lochiefrom the loch; a form of Lachlan11 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Lochlen
Names that are said the same way as Lochlen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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