Given name & surname
Linsey
Linsey is a variant of Lindsay. One English interpretation is “from the island of linden trees; from Lincoln's wetland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Linsey is a variant of Lindsay. One English interpretation is “from the island of linden trees; from Lincoln's wetland.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Linsey is a variant of Lindsay. An origin associated with Lindsay is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Linsey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,365
- 240 boys · 5,125 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 296 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,639 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,639 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 296 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,184 as a first name in 2020; 770 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Linsey
- Linsey MacDonaldBritish sprinterborn 1964
- Linsey MarrAmerican scientist, expert in nanomaterials and virusesborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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