came to replace these earlier terms; and that, by the eleventh century, Lochlann / Lochlainn certainly referred to Norway in historical sources.
[4] In mediaeval Irish literature, the term Lochlann refers to a vague faraway place: sometimes the Otherworld, and sometimes Scandinavia.
[15] A variant form of Lachlann in Argyll is Lachann,[16] a name influenced by the similarly sounding (though etymologically unrelated) Eachann.
[24] Forms of the name Lochlainn were borne by Uí Néill and other families in the Early Middle Ages.
[15] Forms of the name Lachlan were historically common amongst families with connections to the Scottish Highlands,[25] but have become popular in Australia and New Zealand.
The earliest known bearer of such names was Lochlaind mac Maíl Shechnaill, heir of the Corca Mruad, whose death is noted by the Annals of Inisfallen in 983.
[30] The eponymous ancestor of the Scottish Clann Lachlainn, traditionally regarded as yet another branch of the Uí Néill, was a much later man who bore a form of the name Lachlan.
In 2008, Lachlan was ranked as the third most popular masculine baby name in New South Wales, with 581 registered that year.