Given name & surname
Lyndsay
Lyndsay is a variant of Lindsay. One English interpretation is “from the island of linden trees; from Lincoln's wetland.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lyndsay 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
Lyndsay 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 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lyndsay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,716
- 0 boys · 6,716 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 403 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −74%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 403 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,365 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lyndsay’s family of names
In English usage, Lyndsay has a related form in Lindsey. Lyndsay has a related form in Lindsay.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lyndsay
- Lyndsay BelisleOlympic wrestlerborn 1977
- Lyndsay WallAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1985
- Lyndsay Fayeauthorborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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