Lindsey
LINDZ-ee
Average rank #1,456 across 2 of 7 countries
Etymology
Meaning & origin
English, Scottish
, ScottishVariant of Lindsay, meaning ", ScottishFrom an English and Scottish surname which was originally derived from the name of the region Lindsey, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English. As a given name it was typically masculine until the 1960s (in Britain) and 1970s (in America) when it became popular for girls, probably due to its similarity to Linda and because of American actress Lindsay Wagner (1949-)."
Germanic
Of gentle speech.
Popularity
How popular is Lindsey?
๐บ๐ธ USA
#1,369
in 2025
๐จ๐ฆ Canada
#1,542
in 2024
Not in top rankings for: ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England & Wales, ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland, ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland, ๐ฆ๐บ Australia, ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
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