| Name info: About the name Lyndsay in particular | |
| Group info: About Lindsay/Lindsay, the group of names with the same origin as Lyndsay | | 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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