Lindsey

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GirlBoy

Average rank #1,456 across 2 of 7 countries

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.

How popular is Lindsey?

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA

#1,369

in 2025

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada

#1,542

in 2024

Not in top rankings for: ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England & Wales, ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland, ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand

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