Lincoln: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “lake colony”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- LING-kən · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (98% of all uses)
Transferred from the English surname and place name Lincoln, from Old English and Latin elements referring to a settlement by a lake or pool. It is strongly associated with Abraham Lincoln.
How popular is Lincoln?
Babies named Lincoln in 20244,644
2024 rank#73 boys
Peak year2017
Total US babies since 1880102,155
Lincoln is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Lincoln
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Lincoln questions
What does the name Lincoln mean?
Lincoln means "lake colony". It comes from English. Transferred from the English surname and place name Lincoln, from Old English and Latin elements referring to a settlement by a lake or pool. It is strongly associated with Abraham Lincoln.
Is Lincoln a boy or girl name?
Lincoln is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Lincoln?
4,644 US babies were named Lincoln in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.
How do you pronounce Lincoln?
Lincoln is usually pronounced LING-kən.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.