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Name Lindsey

Origin:From a Old English word for wetlandTools:

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About the name Lindsey in particular

Gender:female
Languages of use:English, Scottish
Topics:Male and female
US 2021 rank:not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:Lindsey, Lindsay, Lindsay, Lyndsey, Kinsey, Linde, Linden, Lyndsay, Lynsey     Details
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About Lindsay/Lindsay, the group of names with the same origin as Lindsey

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 lists that contain the name Lindsey

SeriesGraphRankings
England+Wales decadesGraph1984 791974 99
USA decadesGraph2000-2009 157,  1990-1999 64,  1980-1989 44
USA yearlyGraph2019 952,  2018 832,  2017 870,  2016 776,  2015 610,  2014 570,  2013 572,  2012 524,  2011 460,  2010 401,  2009 326,  2008 279,  2007 225,  2006 186,  2005 162,  2004 146,  2003 131,  2002 122,  2001 105,  2000 103,  1999 96,  1998 97,  1997 95,  1996 86,  1995 82,  1994 69,  1993 56
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