Lincoln or Link?

[deliwoman1]

Still no closer to finding a name for our boy. 😭

We like Linc as a shortening, so can we just get away with that maybe? Or just name him Link and be done with it? We're drawn to more alternative/unusual names.

If we go for Lincoln, is it too surname-sounding? It's pretty well established as a first name now, but DS will have both my surname and DP's (which is a bit longer), so not sure.

Go for broke and call him Lincolnshire. (joke)

Sorry I found naming incredibly difficult too. Finally pinned it down just before primary school registration.

Lincoln is OK, not my taste with the whole surname as firstname thing but could be worse. Link is utterly preposterous.

Please do not call your child Link.

Call him Link and he will forever be tagged the Missing Link. Lincoln is fine, stop trying to be super different.

I'd assume you are a big Grey's Anatomy fan.
It's a surname really. Not great as a first name.
Sorry 🙁

I hope your surname isn't Din!

Wouldn't be my choice at all, but if you're determined, you'd be better calling him Lynn - at least that is a name, and you do hear of the (very) occasional male called it.

I’d use Lincoln and Linc as a shortening.

Lincoln is a reasonable name, Link suggests a super gamer to me.

This.

I’d assume a a Legend of Zelda fan and lots of elf jokes.

I think Lincoln with Linc as a nickname. As others say, I think of Legends of Zelda, which is a nice game but possibly a bit marmite when it comes to naming a child.

Lots of boys' names are also surnames: George, Arthur,John, Christopher, Michael, Andrew, Philip, Oscar, Thomas, William, Mark, Peter, Joseph, Joshua....

So I wouldn't be too worried about Lincoln in that context.

I really like Lincoln nn Link 😊

@KnickerlessParsons most of those names aren't surnames 🤔

Yes they are.

Link? 😳 Sorry that’s an awful name!

Lincoln is fine if this is where you’re settling. Maybe Lachlan? To be shortened?

Link?! Really? No.

How tall are you? My DH wanted link (Zelda fan) and Lincoln as a longer name. But as DH and I are both small-average height and have some shorter people in our family trees we didn't want to risk him forever being 'dinky link'

I think Peter is a biblical name and they didn't have surnames then...

I can't think of any people I've heard of with Oscar as a surname, but all of the rest are common surnames: either as they are or with an 's' on the end.

You can't name a child Link, OP! The poor kid - Zelda references following him around his entire life. You might as well call a girl Lara Croft.

Haha. My first though was linked in too

Yes, they effectively did, but they were usually their occupation or where they lived/were born - which is how most modern surnsmes originate as well.

The population then was a fraction of what it is now, but there were still plenty of people with the same first names, whom others needed to distinguish between!

My first thought was Prison Break.

Seems I'm completely out of touch 🤣

My first thought with Link would be Link Larkin from Hairspray. My first thought with Lincoln would be Ilana’s boyfriend in Broad City played by Hannibal Buress.