Lindley

Where Lindley comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lindley.

  • Vowel-ended
Lindley through the years
  1. 1745
    Lindley Murray born
    American grammarian and lawyer
  2. 1864
    Lindley Miller Garrison born
    lawyer, U.S. Secretary of War
  3. 1943
    First appearance
    #4,691 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1976
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 1988
    Peak, #1,491
    91 babies named Lindley, the most in any year.
  6. 1989
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,879.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lindley Miller Garrison · lawyer, U.S. Secretary of War, 1864–1932
  • Lindley Murray · American grammarian and lawyer, 1745–1826
  • Lindley Beckworth · American politician, 1913–1984
  • Lindley H. Hadley · American politician, 1861–1948
  • Lindley Evans · Australian musician, 1895–1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.