Lindsey

Where Lindsey comes from

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Lindsey
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #5,061 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1955
    Lindsey Graham born
    American politician and attorney
  3. 1971
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1984
    Lindsey Vonn born
    American alpine skier
  5. 1984
    Peak, #35
    9,005 babies named Lindsey — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #82.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Lindsey Vonn · American alpine skier, born 1984
  • Lindsey Graham · American politician and attorney, 1955–2026
  • Lindsey Stirling · American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer, born 1986
  • Lindsey Morgan · American actress, born 1990
  • Lindsey Buckingham · American musician, born 1949

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.