Laughlin as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Laughlin

What is the meaning of the name Laughlin ?

The baby name Laughlin is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced LAFF-lin (/ˈlæflɪn/) or LOCK-lin (/ˈlɒklɪn/ or /ˈlɔːklɪn/).

Laughlin is Irish in Origin.

Laughlin is an Anglicized Irish and Scottish Gaelic given name from Lochlainn/Lochlann (Scottish Lachlann), a word that in medieval Gaelic denoted Scandinavia (“land of lochs”) and by extension a Norseman or Viking. As a forename it thus carries the sense “of Scandinavia,” “Viking,” or poetically “from the land of lakes.”

Recorded among medieval Irish nobility, esp. the Northern Uí Néill (e.g., Domnall Ua Lochlainn, High King, 12th c.), and widespread in the Highlands and Isles, it also underlies many surnames; the spelling Laughlin developed in English records and later as a diaspora given name, though it is more common as a surname (cf. O’Loughlin, McLaughlin). Modern variants include Lochlainn/Lochlann, Lachlann (ScG), Lachlan and Lochlan; alternative Anglicized forms are Loughlin and Loughlan. Nicknames include Lachie or Lockie. Usage today is modest in Ireland and the U.S., but Lachlan/Lochlan ranks higher in Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand.