Lindy
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning pretty, beautiful; a form of Lindsey.
Lindy by the numbers
Lindy was given to 58 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 310 babies in 1979, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Lindsey
Like Lindy, each of these traces back to Lindsey: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Names that come from Lindy
Forms of Lindy in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lindy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lindsysoft linden tree; a form of Lindsey12 in the US (2017)
- Landy10 in the US (2017)
- Landynlong hill or open grassy hill; a modern respelling of Landon626 in the US (2017)
- Landryland ruler; from Landric602 in the US (2017)
- Lennybrave lion; diminutive of Leonard370 in England and Wales (2025)
- Landolong hill or open grassy hill; a short form of Landon217 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Lindy, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lindy
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