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Lin

in North Carolina

There are 489 people with the last name "Lin" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Lin 2,175
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  1. is 2,171st most common Mccarty
  2. is 2,172nd most common Mundy
  3. is 2,173rd most common Bizzell
  4. is 2,174th most common Gorman
  5. is 2,175th most common Lin
  6. is 2,176th most common Macon
  7. is 2,177th most common Springer
  8. is 2,178th most common Ashworth
  9. is 2,179th most common Clinton

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lam, Lim, Lum, Lan, Lyn, Lem, Len, Lun, Lon, Lom

Most Common First Names for Lin

Yi, Wen, Fang, Chang, Jin, Yu, Chien, David, Guo, Li

Meaning & History

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Lin

Chinese 林: from a word meaning ‘forest’. Bi Gan was a half-brother to Zhou Xin, the cruel and corrupt last king (1154–1123 BC) of the Shang dynasty. Bi Gan criticized his half-brother's excesses, and for this he had his belly ripped open and his heart cut out. His wife fled to Chang Forest, where she gave birth to a son. When Zhou Xin was toppled by the new Zhou dynasty, the new Zhou ruler granted the son some land together with the name Lin.

Chinese 连: variant of Lian 1.

Scottish and English: perhaps a variant of Lynn.

Dutch: probably a variant of Lyn.

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