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.

# 64 in the US

Lincoln Rank in US Top 1000

# 231 on Nameberry

Lincoln Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lincoln Popularity

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