Lincoln-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LING-kon-JAYMZ
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Lincoln-James is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement by the pool + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Lincoln-James mean?
English: Lincoln + James
“settlement by the pool + heel-holder, supplanter”
Joins Lincoln (English, “settlement by the pool”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).
Meanings borrowed from Lincoln and James.
Is Lincoln-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Lincoln-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lincoln-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Lincoln-James, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lincoln-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Lincoln-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
Names like Lincoln-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Elias, Theodore, Hunter, Lorenzo, Hudson, Oakley, Carter, Myles, Chester, Grayson, Jaxon
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lincoln-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lincoln-james, updated 20 October 2026.