| Origin: | From a Old English word for wetland | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Lindsay in particular | |
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| Group info: About Lindsay/Lindsay, the group of names with the same origin as Lindsay | | 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: | Lindsay, Lindsey, Lyndsay, Lyndsey, Lynsey, Lindsay, Lindsey Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Lindsay | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| England+Wales decades | | 1984 81 |
| France | | 2002 297 |
| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 100, 1980-1989 47 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2015 846, 2014 652, 2013 683, 2012 707, 2011 653, 2010 595, 2009 526, 2008 382, 2007 315, 2006 263, 2005 240, 2004 241, 2003 260, 2002 256, 2001 210, 2000 179, 1999 169, 1998 161, 1997 149, 1996 134, 1995 125, 1994 107, 1993 88 |
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