Will Lachlan forever be Lochy?

I’m considering [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] for the child I’m hopefully going to be adopting in [name_f]October[/name_f], if its a boy. I love the name, its familiar, will be correctly pronounced by most people here, the the incorrect pronunciation doesn’t bother me all that much.

My issue is Lochy. I hate it. But I’m worried that if I was to name my son [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], he’d automatically be called Lochy, and there wouldn’t be a whole lot to stop it. I like nicknames in general, I like being able to use a formal name and an informal name, but I really can’t stand Lochy, and I can’t see any other options.

Lochy isn’t that obvious to me - I’m sure if you consistently called him by a different nickname, people would pick it up :slight_smile: As for other nicknames: Lox/Lo/[name_m]Loch[/name_m]?

I think if I met a [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] (I don’t know any irl as of now) I’d just call him [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]. To me there wouldn’t seem to be an obvious nickname and [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] isn’t a mouthful so I wouldn’t feel like I had to shorten it.

I know two boys named [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] and neither goes by a nickname. One is in middle school and the other is in my daughter’s preschool class. I don’t think Lochy will be a problem!

I’ve met two [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]'s in my life - neither ever used a nickname. I don’t think Lochy would be automatic or unavoidable at all.

If I named my child [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], I might call him Lach, but not ever Lochy. I don’t really understand why so many people feel the need to add -y on the end of a nickname. lol It’s not necessary. Lach/[name_m]Loch[/name_m] would work just fine as a nickname and is still pretty cool.

I don’t think it will be a problem.

[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] is short enough that it doesn’t need a nickname. I doubt anyone would call him Lochy. Great name by the way!

I’ve never heard anyone use Lochy for [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m].

I don’t think it is an issue. I have never heard anyone use Lochy, only heard [name_m]Loch[/name_m]/Lach. I adore [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]. I personally would not use a nickname.

I don’t think it would be an issue. If anything [name_m]Loch[/name_m] is a more obvious nn

I really don’t think Lochy is an obvious nn for [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]. [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], I believe, would be called [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]. I mean, I’ve never known a [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], but that just seems only natural.

I love [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]! I would stick to always calling him, and introducing him as [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], and I expect that others would follow suit. Lochy sounds like a pet name for a young child that maybe a grandparent may come up with but I wouldn’t expect that others would use a nickname.

I think kids with more unusual names are less likely to inevitably end up with a certain nickname even if it feels obvious. [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]WILL[/name_m] be called [name_u]Chris[/name_u]. [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] will be called [name_m]Matt[/name_m]. There’s no stopping it. People likely won’t know hoards of boys named [name_m]Lochlan[/name_m] that go by Lochy though and likely won’t just dub the name themselves, or if they do, can easily be corrected. If [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] gets called [name_u]Alex[/name_u], he’s probably stuck there. I think [name_m]Lochlan[/name_m] is safe.

I actually think it depends on where you live. Australians seem to shorten everything! And I know a number of [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]'s who are called lochie. I love the name [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m] but the likelihood of my son being called Lochie turned me off the name.

Thanks everyone, looks like I was worried over nothing. I live in [name_f]Scotland[/name_f], so the name is familiar to most people, but I’ve never actually met one! Not a big fan of [name_m]Loch[/name_m] either, but Lox is cute!

I love [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], and Lochy has never even crossed my mind. It’s only 2 syllables, so I don’t think it will necessarily lead to a nickname.