as a Last Name
- 21,841
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Link
Meaning & Origins
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a left-handed person, from Middle High German linc, Dutch linker, links, Yiddish link ‘left (side)’. In Europe left-handed people were long regarded with suspicion as clumsy, awkward, deviant, and even untrustworthy.
| 1,421st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 21,841
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Link per capita
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