Meaning of the nameLincoln

Lincoln is a male name of English origin, taken from the name of the city of Lincoln, from Latin Lindum Colonia, from the Celtic root lindos ("lake") and colonia.

Meaning

“name of the English city of Lincoln: from Celtic lindos ("lake") and Latin colonia ("colony")”

Source: Wiktionary: Lincoln · Behind the Name: Lincoln

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People (2022): 6,547
Rank in Brazil: #2,272
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 4,757; people

Lincoln in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lincoln, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,372 people).

20 women 6,527 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Lincoln is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lincoln in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,121	0.005%
Minas Gerais	1,047	0.005%
Paraná	721	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	709	0.004%
Bahia	210	0.002%
Santa Catarina	207	0.003%
Goiás	167	0.002%
Distrito Federal	153	0.005%
Ceará	151	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	120	0.004%
Pernambuco	119	0.001%
Amazonas	111	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	110	0.001%
Espírito Santo	105	0.003%
Paraíba	88	0.002%
Mato Grosso	78	0.002%
Pará	58	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	57	0.002%
Maranhão	46	0.001%
Piauí	33	0.001%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Rondônia	26	0.002%
Alagoas	25	0.001%
Tocantins	18	0.001%
Amapá	16	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Lincoln

Wiktionary records Lincoln in Portuguese as a male name coming from English, a borrowing without adaptation. The English name comes from the name of the city, from Latin Lindum Colonia, and Wiktionary links the first element to Proto-Brythonic llɨnn ("pool, lake") and Proto-Celtic lindos ("lake, liquid"). Behind the Name describes it as an English surname taken from that city name, formed from lindos, "lake", and colonia, "colony". In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,547 people named Lincoln. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

Wiktionary: Lincoln · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Lincoln · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Lincoln

What does the name Lincoln mean?

Lincoln means “name of the English city of Lincoln: from Celtic lindos ("lake") and Latin colonia ("colony")”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Lincoln in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,547 people with the first name Lincoln, which ranks it number 2,272 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Lincoln a boy's or a girl's name?

Lincoln is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 20 women and 6,527 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lincoln?

Lincoln is a name of English, Celtic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lincoln most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.006% of the state's population is named Lincoln (721 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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