Origin: | From a Old English word for wetland | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Lindsey in particular | |
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Group info: 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: Popularity lists that contain the name Lindsey | Series | Graph | Rankings |
England+Wales decades | Graph | 1984 79, 1974 99 |
USA decades | Graph | 2000-2009 157, 1990-1999 64, 1980-1989 44 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2019 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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