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What does Lindsay mean?

Lindsay Pronunciation of Lindsay as a girls' name (also used less generally as boys' name Lindsay) is pronounced LIN-zee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Lindsay is "Lincoln's marsh; island of linden trees". Place name. The surname of some of the major Scottish and English noble families. Actress Lindsay Wagner; singer Lindsay Lohan.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Li-, -ay

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, trees, surname, scottish, noble

Variations

VARIANTS Lind, Lindsea, Lindsee, Lindseigh, Lindsey, Lindsy, Linsay, Linsey, Linsie, Linzi, Linzee, Linzy, Lyndsay, Lyndsey, Lyndsie, Lynnsey, Lynnzey, Lynsey, Lynzey, Lynzi, Lynzy

MASCULINE FORM Linn

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lindsay Madelyn (L.M.), ..

How popular is Lindsay?

Lindsay is a very popular first name for females (#302 out of 4276, Top 7%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#1008 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Lindsay entered the list in 1940-1949 and reached its top position of #44 in the U.S. in the 1980s, and is presently at #1300. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lindsay name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Lindsay outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Lindsay (#1300 A YEAR AGO) appearing in the Top 2000 are Lindsey (#833), Lindsy, Linsey, Lyndsay, Lyndsey, Lyndsie and Lynsey. These forms of Lindsay reached the height of their popularity during the years 1980-1989 (USAGE OF 0.9%) and have become much less conventional since (USAGE 0.03%, 96.7%), with versions like Lindsay becoming somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lindsay, Lindsey, Lindsy, Linsey, Lyndsay in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lyndsey, Lyndsie, Lynsey in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Lindsay and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Dinay, Laday, Landra, Lenda, Lida, Lidah, Lidia, Liesa, Lina, Linah, Linda, Lindee, Linden, Lindenn (see Linden), Lindey, Lindi, Lindie, Lindira (see Linda), Lindka, Lindon, Lindy, Lindynn, Linea, Linna, Linnae, Linnea, Lisa, Lissa, Lissy, Lundy, Lynda and Lyndy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Lindsay.

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