MacLaren or Maclaren is a surname of Scottish origin.^[1] The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Labhrainn meaning "son of Labhrann". The Gaelic personal name Labhrann is a Gaelicised form of Lawrence.^[2]

• Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910), Scottish-English non-conformist minister
• Alexander Ferguson MacLaren (1854–1917), Canadian manufacturer, exporter and politician
• Andrew MacLaren (1883–1975), British politician
• Archibald MacLaren (1820–1884), gymnast, fencing master and author
• Archie MacLaren (1871–1944), English cricketer
• Charles Maclaren (1782–1866), Scottish journalist and geologist
• David Laurence MacLaren (1893–1960), Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• Dave MacLaren (1934–2016), Scottish retired football player and manager
• Donald MacLaren (1893–1988), Canadian World War I flying ace
• Emma Maclaren (born 1991), British model
• Fawna MacLaren (born 1965), American model and actress
• Geoffrey MacLaren (1883–1966), English cricketer
• Ian Maclaren (pseudonym of Rev. John Watson, 1850–1907), Scottish author and theologian
• Jack MacLaren, Canadian politician
• James MacLaren (disambiguation)
• Jamie Maclaren (born 1993), Australian footballer
• Jim MacLaren (1963–2010), American motivational speaker and author
• Jimmy MacLaren (1921–2004), English footballer
• Julian MacLaren-Ross (1912–1964), British novelist
• Leon MacLaren (1910–1994), British barrister, politician and philosopher
• Lynn MacLaren (born 1962), Australian politician
• Mary MacLaren (1896–1985), American film actress
• Michelle MacLaren, Canadian television director and producer
• Murray MacLaren (1861–1942), Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• Owen Finlay Maclaren (1907–1978), English design engineer
• Rachael McLaren, Canadian dancer
• Ross MacLaren (born 1962), British former football player and coach
• Roy MacLaren (footballer) (1930–2022), Scottish footballer
• Roy MacLaren (politician) (born 1934), Canadian politician
• Sarah F. Maclaren (born 1964), Anglo-Italian cultural theorist, sociologist and anthropologist
• Stewart MacLaren (born 1953), Scottish former footballer
• Thomas MacLaren (architect) (1863–1928), Scottish architect
• William MacLaren (1844–?), English rugby union international
• William Scott Maclaren (1845–1909), political figure in Quebec
• William de Bois Maclaren (1856–1921), Scottish publisher, businessman and Scout Commissioner

• McLaren (surname)

Surname list

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