Lochee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lochee

What is the meaning of the name Lochee ?

The baby name Lochee is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced LOH-chee (approx. /ˈloʊtʃi/). Alternate: LOH-kee (/ˈloʊki/).

Lochee is Gaelic, Scottish in Origin.

Lochee is a Scottish place-derived given name and surname, taken from the district of Dundee. The toponym most likely reflects Scottish Gaelic forms such as Lochaidh or Loch Aoidh - loch “lake” plus the personal name Aodh (“fire,” anglicized Hugh) - yielding “Aodh’s loch” or more broadly “of the loch.” Pronounced LOKH-ee, it appears in Scottish records as a habitation surname and has recently been adopted as a modern, place-inspired first name alongside the rise of Lochlan/Lachlan.

Variants and related forms include Lochie, Lochy, Lockie, Loch, Lachlan, Lochlan, and Lochlyn; Lockie/Lochie also occur as nicknames. Usage remains rare but recognizable in Scotland, England, Australia, and North America, often read as unisex yet leaning masculine through association with Lachlan. As a name, Lochee evokes water, highland landscapes, and Dundee heritage (the former village of Lochee, jute mills, Cox’s Stack), carrying the concise meaning “by the lake/loch.”

⚙ Lochee barely registers. Across 3 countries, we found just 5 recorded uses of it.