Lincoln

English

"town by the pool"

Lincoln Origin and Meaning

The name Lincoln is a boy's name of English origin meaning "town by the pool".

Lincoln cracked the Top 50 for boys' names for the first time in 2016, more than 150 years after the death of its most famous bearer. This is especially remarkable because, as crazy as it seems now, Lincoln was deeply out of fashion as recently as the late 90s, consistently hovering near the bottom of the Top 1000.

This admirable presidential choice with a stylish two-syllable sound projects the tall, rangy, upright, image of Honest Abe. Bill Murray is father to a son named Lincoln, and Kathryn Erbe's boy Carson has Lincoln for his middle name. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard gender-bent it for their daughter.

Lincoln Steffens was an influential muckraking writer, author of The Shame of the Cities. Lincoln is also a Teen Mom name, which may have had some impact, and is a major character on TV's Broad City.

Abraham Lincoln has also been a popular subject of fiction in his own right in recent years, having been the subject of revered short story writer George Saunders' first novel and an Academy Award winning movie by Steven Spielberg.

The nickname Linc has a nice sixties 'Mod Squad' feel.

Lincoln Rank in US Top 1000

# 64 in the US

Lincoln Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 248 on Nameberry

Lincoln Popularity

• 64 US 2023
• 248 Nameberry 2024
• 51 Canada 2023
• 5 Future 2028
• 164 England 2021
• 58 Australia 2023
• 84 New Zealand 2023

20 Names Similar to Lincoln

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Lincoln.

• Hudson
• Sawyer
• Harrison
• Holden
• Graham
• Beckett
• Jackson
• Everett
• Easton
• Landon
• Rhett
• Grayson
• Lachlan
• Emerson
• Bennett
• Archer
• Miles
• Emmett
• Parker
• Wyatt

Famous People Named Lincoln

• Lincoln Davenport Chafee American politician; 74th governor of Rhode Island
• Lincoln Carter Almond American politician; 72nd Governor of Rhode Island
• Lincoln Rafael Diaz Balart, U.S. Congressman from Florida
• Lincoln Clay Lewis Australian actor
• Lincoln Younes Australian actor
• Lincoln Ellsworth American polar explorer
• Lincoln Edward Kirstein American artist; founder of NYC Ballet
• Lincoln Joseph Steffens American journalist
• Lincoln Child American novelist
• Lincoln Mahan oldest son of Brooke Mahan, co,host on YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
• (Tamerlane) Lincoln Kennedy Jr., American NFL football player and commentator
• Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III YouTuber of "Rhett & Link"
• Lincoln Neal son of Lincoln "Link" Neal III
• Lincoln Bixby Cruz (b. 1995) son of actor Brandon Cruz
• Lincoln William Holiday Alphin (b. 2005) son of country music singer Big Kenny
• Lincoln Marshall Marroquin (b. 2013) son of reality TV personalities Javi and Kailyn Lowry Marroquin of "Teen Mom 2"
• Lincoln William DeSanto (b. 2013) son of reality TV personality Janelle Pierzina ("Big Brother") and Jess DeSanto
• Lincoln Roy Hoellein (b. 2015) son of American family vlogger Bonnie Hoellein
• Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States

Lincoln in Pop Culture

• Lincoln "Linc" Burrows character on TV's Prison Break
• Lincoln Hawk main character in Over the Top, played by Sylvester Stallone
• Lincoln Lee character on TV's "Fringe"
• Lincoln character on TV's "The 100"
• Lincoln Lee Segal, character in Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
• Lincoln character in What Maisie Knew
• Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln character in The Island
• Lincoln character on TV's "Broad City"
• Lincoln "Linc" Hayes character on TV's "The Mod Squad"
• Lincoln "Linc" Case character on TV's "Route 66"
• Lincoln Campbell Inhuman character on TV show Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Lincoln Loud character on animated series "The Loud House"
• Lincoln Rosario cut character from Broadway musical "In The Heights"
• Lincoln Roth female character in The Smokers
• Lincoln England, city from which the name derives
• Port Lincoln city in South Australia at the lower end of Eyre Peninsula