The lincoln Surname
lincoln Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from the city of Lincoln, so named from
an original British name Lindo- ‘lake’ + Latin colonia
‘settlement’, ‘colony’. The place was an important administrative
center during the Roman occupation of Britain and in the Middle Ages
it was a center for the manufacture of cloth, including the famous
‘Lincoln green’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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