as a Last Name
- 15,904
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Laughlin
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lochlainn ‘descendant of Lochlann’, a personal name meaning ‘stranger’, originally a term denoting Scandinavia (a compound of loch ‘lake’, ‘fjord’ + lann ‘land’). Many Irish bearers of the name claim descent from Lochlann, a 10th century lord of Corcomroe, County Clare.
| 1,981st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Laughter, Loughlin, Laughman, Laughery, Laughton, Laughner, Laughridge, Laughinghouse, Laughrey, Laug
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,904
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Nebraska
- has the most people named Laughlin per capita
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