Lincoln (name)

Lincoln is a masculine surname 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.^[1] This translates to 'town by the pool' or 'settler by the lake'.^[2] 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).^[1]

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
• Don Lincoln (born 1964), American physicist
• 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 (1961–2025), American actress (surname is "Park Lincoln")
• 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 (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