Lynsey
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.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lynsey
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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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lynsey
American parents first put Lynsey on the record books as a baby girl name in 1966, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 254 Lynseys were born — ranking #693 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 42% of all recorded Lynseys. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5K Lynseys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lynsey
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About the name Lynsey
Lynsey is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1966 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Lynsey's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #693. Use the chart and map above to compare Lynsey'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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