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Lindsey (girl)

What does Lindsey mean?

Lindsey Pronunciation of Lindsey as a girls' name (also used less regularly as boys' name Lindsey) is of Old English derivation, and the name Lindsey means "Lincoln's marsh; island of linden trees". Lindsey is an alternate spelling of Lindsay (Old English): place name. See also Lyndsey

STARTS/ENDS WITH Li-, -ey

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, trees

Variations

VARIANTS Lyndsie, Lyndsey, Lyndsay, Lindsy, Lindseigh, Lindsee, Lindsea

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA LINDSAY Lind, Linsay, Linsey, Linsie, Linzee, Linzy, Lynnsey, Lynnzey, Lynsey, Lynzey

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lindsey Maggie (L.M.), ..

How popular is Lindsey?

Lindsey is a very prominent first name for females (#301 out of 4276, Top 7%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#492 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Lindsey entered the list in 1950-1959 and reached its top rank of #42 in the U.S. in the 1980s, and is currently at #833. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

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

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

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Lindsey (#833 IN RECENT RANKINGS) listed in the Top 2000 are Lindsay (#1300), Lindsy, Linsey, Lyndsay, Lyndsey, Lyndsie and Lynsey. Adoption of these relations of Lindsey reached its apex 38 years ago (AVERAGE #748) and has become much diminished since (#1766, DOWN 96.7%), with versions like Lyndsay falling out of fashion.



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

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

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

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Ainsley, Birdey, Cidney, Cissey, Diedrey, Gipsey, Kinnsey, Kinsey, Ladey, Laidey, Lainey, Laisey, Laney, Langley, Lassey, Libbey, Lidie, Liese, Liesel, Lilley, Linda, Lindalee (see Linda), Lindee, Linden, Lindenn (see Linden), Lindey, Lindi, Lindie, Lindira (see Linda), Lindka, Lindon, Lindy, Lindynn, Linea, Linet, Linnae, Linnaea, Linnea, Linnet, Linnie, Lise, Lisel, Liset, Lissy, Litsea, Lundie, Lundy, Lynde, Lyndee, Lyndel, Lyndy, Lynley, Nainsey, Nansey, Pansey, Sidney, Sissey, Tansey and Wendey (see Wendy). These names tend to be less commonly used than Lindsey.

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