Lincoln (name)
Lincoln is a surname and masculine given name of Old English origin. The surname originates from the city of Lincoln, England, whose name means "lake/pool colony", combining the Brythonic word lynn with the Latin word colonia.{{Cite web|title=Lincoln – Name Meaning, What does Lincoln mean?|url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Lincoln|website=www.thinkbabynames.com|access-date=2020-05-11}} This translates to 'town by the pool' or 'settler by the lake'.{{Cite web|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Lincoln|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/lincoln|last=Campbell|first=Mike|website=Behind the Name|access-date=2020-05-11}} As a result of its use to honor Abraham Lincoln, it has become a somewhat prominent first name for males in the United States (#781 out of 1220, Top 6 2018).
Family of President Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th United States president
- Samuel Lincoln (c. 1622 – 1690), immigrant ancestor of the president
- Abraham Lincoln (captain) (1744–1786), grandfather of the president
- Thomas Lincoln (1778–1851), father of the president
- Nancy Lincoln (1784–1818), mother of the president
- Mary Todd Lincoln (1818–1882), wife of the president
- Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926), son of the president
- Edward Baker Lincoln (1846–1850), son of the president
- William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862), son of the president
- Tad Lincoln (1853–1871), son of the president
- Mary Harlan Lincoln (1846–1937), daughter-in-law of the president
- Gatewood Lincoln (1875–1957), first cousin once removed of the president and two-time governor of American Samoa
People with the surname Lincoln
- Abbey Lincoln (born Anna Marie Wooldridge) (1930–2010), American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress
- Andrew Lincoln (born Clutterbuck) (born 1973), English actor
- Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), American Revolutionary War general
- Blanche Lincoln (born 1960), Arkansas senator
- Brad Lincoln (born 1985), American baseball pitcher
- Elmo Lincoln (1889–1952), American film actor
- Frederic Lincoln (disambiguation)
- Georgianna Lincoln (born 1943), American politician
- G. Gould Lincoln (1880–1974), American journalist
- Harry J. Lincoln (1878–1937), American composer
- Henry Lincoln (1930-2022), British author and actor
- Holly Lincoln (born 1985), Canadian soccer forward
- James Sullivan Lincoln (1811–1888), American portrait painter
- J. Virginia Lincoln (1915–2003), American physicist
- Joseph C. Lincoln (1870–1944), American author
- Kaliya Lincoln (born 2006), American artistic gymnast
- Keith Lincoln (1939–2019), American football player
- Lar Park Lincoln (born 1961), American actor
- Martha D. Lincoln (1838–?), American author and journalist
- Tribich Lincoln (1879–1943), Hungarian adventurer and con artist
People with the given name Lincoln
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- Lincoln Almond (1936–2023), American politician and attorney
- Lincoln Bancroft (1877–1942), American politician
- Lincoln J. Beachey (1887–1915), American aviator
- Lincoln Brewster (born 1971), Christian recording artist
- Lincoln Cássio de Souza Soares (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
- Lincoln Corrêa dos Santos (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
- Lincoln Chafee (born 1953), American politician
- Lincoln Davis (born 1943), American politician
- Lincoln Díaz-Balart (1954–2025), American politician
- Lincoln Ellsworth (1880–1951), American explorer
- Lincoln Henrique Oliveira dos Santos (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
- Lincoln Kennedy (born 1971), American footballer and broadcaster
- Lincoln Kirstein (1907–1996), American artist
- Lincoln Moses (1921–2006), American biostatistician
- Lincoln Peirce (born 1963), American cartoonist and creator of Big Nate
- Lincoln Perera (died 2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala civil servant
- Lincoln Perry (1902–1985), American comedian and actor
- Lincoln Ragsdale (1926–1995), American civil rights activist
- Lincoln Fernando Rocha da Silva (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
- Lincoln Sefcik (born 1999), American football player
- Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936), American investigative journalist
- Lincoln Victor (born 2001), American football player
- Lincoln Wallen, British-American computer scientist
- Lincoln Walsh (1903–1971), American inventor
- Lincoln Williams (born 1993), Australian volleyball player
- Lincoln Withers (born 1981), Australian rugby player
- Lincoln Wolfenstein (1923–2015), American physicist
Fictional characters named Lincoln
- Lincoln Blake, a character in A Visit from the Goon Squad
- Lincoln Burrows, a character in Prison Break
- Lincoln Campbell, one of the Inhuman agents in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Lincoln Clay, the main protagonist in the video game Mafia III
- Lincoln Loud, the main protagonist in The Loud House
- Lincoln Rice, DDS, a character in Broad City
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