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♀ Lindsey (girl)
What does Lindsey mean?
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
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)
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.
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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