Throughout the world, Lineker (Lineker 
, لينكر 
, Линекер) is a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently girly first name. The first name Lineker is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Brazil, where it is a rare predominantly male, but very seldom girly name, Peru, where it is a very rare masculine name, and Mexico, where it is a very rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly name. Likewise, Lineker is the last name as well as the forename.