Lynkoln

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lynkoln by the numbers

Lynkoln was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lynkoln

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lynkoln. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Linkolnlake settlement; variant of Lincoln65 in the US (2017)
  • Lyncolntown by the pool; a modern respelling of Lincoln58 in the US (2017)
  • Lynkon7 in the US (2017)
  • Lincolntown by the pool8,383 in the US (2017)
  • Lyndonlinden tree hill; from a place name183 in the US (2017)
  • Linkon17 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lynkoln

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