Gender: Boy
Meaning: Lake colony; settlement by the pool
Origin: Latin Lindum Colonia — a Roman settlement by the pool, from Brythonic lindo (lake, pool)
Popularity: Ranked #73 in 2024 with 4,567 babies born.
History: Lincoln carries the weight of one of history's greatest leaders — Abraham Lincoln, who preserved the Union and abolished slavery, is consistently ranked as America's greatest president. The name itself is an ancient Roman-British place name, but in America it is inseparable from its presidential legacy. It entered the U.S. top 100 in the 2000s and surged into the top 50 by the 2010s, part of the presidential-name revival alongside Theodore, Harrison, and Grant. Linc is its cool short form. Few names carry such specific, powerful American historical meaning.
Famous people named Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln (president), Lincoln Burrows (Prison Break)
Name length: 7 letters
How common is Lincoln? About 1 in 717 babies born in 2024 were named Lincoln, or roughly 12.7 per day in the United States.
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