Given name & surname
Lindbergh
“from the linden tree hill”
Lindbergh is a variant of Lindberg. One German interpretation is “from the linden tree hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lindbergh is a variant of Lindberg. One German interpretation is “from the linden tree hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lindbergh is a variant of Lindberg. An origin associated with Lindberg is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lindbergh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 473
- 473 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 116 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 116 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 180 as a first name in 2020; 219 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lindbergh’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Lindbergh has a related form in Lindberg.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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