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01 / Meaning & origin
Lachann is a masculine given name documented in Scottish Gaelic. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Irish Lothlind via Middle Irish.
Argyll form of Lachlann, from Middle Irish Lochlann, a folk etymology (equivalent to loch (“loch”) + -lann (“place of”)) of Old Irish Lothlind, a name with disputed origins. Perhaps altered by analogy with Eachann.
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