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. This translates to 'town by the pool' or 'settler by the lake'. 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

 * 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 (born 1954), 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 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