Linsey

Where Linsey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Linsey.

  • Vowel-ended
Linsey through the years
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #5,243 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Linsey MacDonald born
    British sprinter
  3. 1970
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1975
    Linsey Marr born
    American scientist, expert in nanomaterials and viruses
  5. 1985
    Peak, #631
    296 babies named Linsey, the most in any year.
  6. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,370.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Linsey MacDonald · British sprinter, born 1964
  • Linsey Marr · American scientist, expert in nanomaterials and viruses, born 1975
  • Linsey Farnsworth · British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for Amber Valley, born 1977
  • Linsey McGoey · Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, born 1978
  • Linsey Davis · American journalist, born 1977

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.