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What does Lindsay mean?
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.
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)
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.
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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