First names in Hebrew

First name Lincoln: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

לינקולן

Gematria value: 276

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Lincoln is written לינקולן

Meaning and origin

What does Lincoln mean?

Meaning: "the settlement by the pool"
Origin: English

Lincoln is the name of an English city, from the Brittonic lindo, "pool, lake", and the Latin colonia, "settlement": "the town by the pool". It became a first name in America in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the president who abolished slavery, and it has been among the favorite boys' names for a decade.

Gematria

Lincoln = 276

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. לינקולן has 7 letters:

• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• נthe letter Nun50
• קthe letter Kuf100
• וthe letter Vav6
• לthe letter Lamed30
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total276

The verse of the name

From the letter Lamed to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Lincoln, from ל to ן:

לֹוֶה רָשָׁע וְלֹא יְשַׁלֵּם וְצַדִּיק חוֹנֵן וְנוֹתֵן׃

“The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.”

Psalms 37:21

The book of your first name

Lincoln, in nine pages

• Lincoln, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Lincoln
• Lincoln, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Lincoln in three answers

How do you write Lincoln in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Lincoln is written לינקולן.

What is the gematria value of Lincoln?
Written לינקולן, Lincoln is worth 276: the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Lincoln mean?
The settlement by the pool (origin: English). Lincoln is the name of an English city, from the Brittonic lindo, "pool, lake", and the Latin colonia, "settlement": "the town by the pool". It became a first name in America in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the president who abolished slavery, and it has been among the favorite boys' names for a decade.