Lyndsie
Lindsay is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name. The given name comes from the Scottish surname and clan name, which comes from the toponym Lindsey, which in turn comes from the Old English toponym Lindesege for the city of Lincoln, in which Lind is the original Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and island refers to Lincoln being an island in the surrounding fenland.
Meaning & Origin of Lyndsie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lindsay is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name. The given name comes from the Scottish surname and clan name, which comes from the toponym Lindsey, which in turn comes from the Old English toponym Lindesege for the city of Lincoln, in which Lind is the original Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and island refers to Lincoln being an island in the surrounding fenland.
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The Story of Lyndsie
Lyndsie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1989: 88 births, good for #1,588 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Lyndsies. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2017 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Lyndsies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Where is Lyndsie most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- United States82%
- Canada11%
- United Kingdom5%
- Australia2%
- TT1%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Lyndsie
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About the name Lyndsie
Lyndsie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Lyndsie's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #1,588. Use the chart and map above to compare Lyndsie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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