Custom Object and Auto-populating fields

Hello,

We have created a custom object (called 'Custom Work Order'). We are going to add a link to the object on the contact record. I would like to know if there is a way to automatically populate some of the fields on the custom object after the link is clicked and the custom object opens. To expand on that, the salesperson would click the link to the custom object on the contact card, when the custom object opens the following fields would be populated: the name of the contact from where the link was clicked, the contact’s phone, email and