Given name & surname

Lindo

“one who is sturdy”

Lindo is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is sturdy.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One American interpretation is “one who is sturdy.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is American.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lindo through the years

Babies since 1880
57
57 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1926
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Lindo in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1915–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 as a first name in 2020; 3,821 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.

Lindo’s family of names

Lindo has a related form in Lindoh. Lindo has a related form in Lyndo. Lindo has a related form in Lyndoh.

Walk Lindo’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Lindo, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

American

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“from the island”

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98% boys · 2% girls

American

Minor

“a young woman; a lass”

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99% boys · 1% girls

American

Mingo

“a flirtatious man”

11Very rare

>99% boys

American

Holsey

“an easygoing woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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