Son of the glen
A modern phonetic variation of the Scottish surname MacLachlan or Maclaine. It combines the Gaelic prefix 'Mac', meaning son, with 'lann' or 'glann', referring to a glen or narrow valley.
Less common today
Maclan isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,111 in 2021.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
