Given name & surname

Linstead

“flax”

Linstead is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Linstead goes back to Old English līn, meaning “flax.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Linstead comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English līn (“flax”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Litherland

“slope” · “land”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Littlewood

“little”

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Old English

Binstead

“bean”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Lingwood

“heather”

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Old English

Grinstead

“green”

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Old English

Wanstead

“wen, cyst”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Lyford

“flax”

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Old English

Livesey

“island”

No U.S. birth series

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