Where the spelling 링컨 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 링컨 for Lincoln.
People in the list with this given name:
- 체이피, 링컨 (대븐포트) — Chafee, Lincoln (Davenport)
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Lincoln means
Lincoln by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 173, 96,338 babies (2% girls, 98% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 링컨: 1.
Korean names for Lincoln
These are the converter’s results for Lincoln as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
김리한Kim RihanBoy’s name · 64% sound match
김리온Kim RionUsed for boys and girls · 58% sound match
김리안Kim RianUsed for boys and girls · 57% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics