Locklin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Locklin by the numbers
Locklin was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Locklin
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 Locklin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Locklanland of locks; a form of lachlan13 in the US (2017)
- Lochlanfrom the land of the lochs179 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lockiea form of lochan or loch-dweller; diminutive51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lochlynfrom the lochs; a modern spelling of Lochlan or Lachlan27 in the US (2017)
- Lochlen5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Locklin
Names that are said the same way as Locklin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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