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Name Group Lindsay/Lindsay

Group info:

Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin, female:	use of a Scottish family name as given name
	the family name is related to Lindsey in Lincolnshire
	Lindsey means Lincoln's wetland
	there are however alternative interpretations of Lindsey, e.g. island in the river Lindum
	in Scottland used as a male name, everywhere else mostly as a female name only
Words:	ey = the wetland Old English
	ey = the island Old Norse
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name, Interesting
Variants' top ranks:	44:Lindsey USA 1980-1989, 47:Lindsay USA 1980-1989, 94:Lyndsey England+Wales 1984, 96:Lynsey England+Wales 1984, 908:Lyndsay USA 1993

Name variants:

All variants, grouped by language of use

Language	Female Variants	Male Variants
English	Lindsay, Lindsey, Lyndsay, Lyndsey, Lynsey
Scottish	Lindsay, Lindsey	Lindsay, Lindsey

Name variants:

5 female and 2 male name variants, sorted by name and gender

Name	Languages of Use
Lindsay	English, Scottish
Lindsey	English, Scottish
Lyndsay	English
Lyndsey	English
Lynsey	English

Name	Languages of Use
Lindsay	Scottish
Lindsey	Scottish