86%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Short form of Lincoln. This is the name of the hero in the Legend of Zelda video game series (first appearing in 1986), derived from the English word link meaning "link, connection". He is called リンク (Rinku) in Japanese. PopularityDetails Last ranked #907 in 1893 United States Categories currently out of the US top 1000, English nouns, English verbs, Grey's Anatomy characters, heroes, Nintendo characters, popular culture, Ranma One-Half characters, The Legend of Zelda characters, tools, unity, word names