Given name & surname
Lindell
“from the valley of linden trees”
Lindell is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the valley of linden trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the valley of linden trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lindell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,792
- 2,435 boys · 357 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 91 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −83%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 70 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,663 as a first name in 2020; 3,205 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.
Lindell’s family of names
Lindell has a related form in Lyndell. Lindell has a related form in Lyndel. Lindell has a related form in Lyndall.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Lindell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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