Given name
Lindiwe
“the daughter we have waited for”
Lindiwe is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “the daughter we have waited for.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “the daughter we have waited for.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lindiwe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 6 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 girls is 6 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Lindiwe
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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