Lincoln...yes or no

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What do you think of the name Lincoln? I love it but family and friends are not keen. Would like to know what other people think of the name.

I'm not a big fan...sorry OP. it makes me think of Abraham Lincon and it sounds like a surname to me x

Too surname-y to me. Very American style not just because of the president!

Yes, why not?

Reminds me of prison break.

Will get shortened to Lin
Lincoln is nice bit doubt he will get the full name

I like it. I'm not normally that keen on surnamey first names, but I like Lincoln.

It reminds me of Prison Break too.

I know a little Lincoln, it's ok but I don't love it. He's always Lincoln, never Lin.

A flat county where my mother resides.

I thought Prison Break, too - Linc the sink.

But by the time your ds starts school, I rather think PB will be an unimportant footnote in tv history. And I actually quite like the sound of Lincoln.

I like it, as long as your surname isn’t Green.

Sorry, don't like it.

I'm not keen x

Reminds me of Teen Mom, I’m sure I wasn’t reading on line and a story popped up about one of the mums and that was her son’s name.

I know a 10 year old Lincoln. I like it. He's always Lincoln, it's easy to say.

Love it. I know a little 2 year old called Lincoln.

My DS used to know a Lincoln. Rude and nasty, but I don't mind the name.

Hate it sorry

My cat is named Lincoln (after Prison Break - other one was going to be Schofield but as we were collecting them we were told they’d made a mistake and she was actually a girl!)

His name is shortened to Link (DS is a big Legend of Zelda fan) which I think is pretty cool for a boy, feline or human!

Lincoln is also a lovely place, so I’d be happy with the connotations, other than PB

No I’m not a fan

Would you consider Lorcan?

I have a Lincoln so I'm biased!

He gets called Lincs mostly.

I like it.

It's like Years and Years

No, but I’m not keen on place names as first names. It’s the name of a city to me.

I am not a fan. It makes me think of the town, sausages and the surname of a dead president. At least he was a good president!

I do know of one. I also have heard of a child called Jefferson, which I also think is a dead president's surname...?

Wonder if anyone will think to name their DC Bush or Trump in years to come! Probably not actually...

I think it works as a name very well.

One of DD's favourite authors is called Lincoln (author of Big Nate), so I'be become used to seeing it.