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View Surname: Lincoln


LINCOLN
SOURCE: Location
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: LING-kən   [key]
Meaning & History
Originally indicated that the bearer was from the English city of Lincoln, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". A famous bearer was Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president of the United States during the American Civil War.
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